A teenage girl has taken her father to a Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, for allegedly refusing to consent to her marriage to the man she loves.
On Monday, May 16, Halima Yunusa told the Court that she loves Bashir Yusuf but that her parents will not allow them to marry.
In his defense, the teenager’s father, Ibrahim, a businessman, stated in court that he was aware of his daughter’s “extreme love” for Yusuf. He stated that Yusuf has not yet completed all known marriage rites.
“He came to me and expressed his desire to marry my daughter. I told him to come back with his parents and family members.
”He is yet to return. After about a year.
”He came back after a year and took my daughter and ran away with her for three days.
”We later heard they came back and went to my sister’s house .
“We informed the Police and both of were arrested and disciplined,” he said.
After their release from Police custody, he said, they ran away again to Abuja where they spent two weeks.
“But when I finally met with the boy’s father and had several discussions, he (boy’s father), said he would not allow his son to marry my daughter.
“At last, the boyfriend’s father later took us to the district head of our village where agreement were drafted and signed by all of us and our witnesses to caution my daughter to stay away from his son”..
Yusuf also told the court he loves Yunusa.
The Judge, Murtala Nasir, after listening to the parties, held that Yusuf’s father should be advised to allow the children get married.
“If he refuses, we will get them married in the court even without his blessings, ”he said.
He advised the complainant to seek forgiveness from her parents and relatives in order to receive their blessings in her life.
He continued the case until May 23 to allow Yusuf’s father to appear in court for final judgment.