Samaila Salisu, a 38-year-old man, has denied the paternity of his estranged wife, Maryam Ibrahim’s three-month-old pregnancy.
Salisu told the Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, Kaduna State that he had sexual intercourse with his wife only six times since they got married.
Salisu said, “I had intercourse with her only six times since we got married. I am not aware of any pregnancy. I am just hearing the news today. I am sure the pregnancy does not belong to me.
“I have witnesses that can testify that the pregnancy isn’t mine because she left our matrimonial home.”
In her defence, Maryam said the pregnancy belongs to her estranged husband.
“We used to spend time together even after I left my matrimonial home.
“My husband failed to keep his promise to take care of me. I wasn’t comfortable in the village where he kept me.
“In the village, my breakfast was pap without sugar and leftover food.
“Back here in the city, I take tea with milk and bread.
“I couldn’t cope living in the village,” she said.
Earlier, Salisu urged the court to interpret the position of his marriage.
“She left my house, and all efforts that she returned failed,” he said.
The presiding judge, Malam Isiyaku Abdulrahman, adjourned the case for the complainant to present witnesses testifying that his wife cheated and got pregnant.
However, he warned that if the witnesses failed to convince the court, the complainant would be punished for lying and defaming his wife.
