Judge Threatens To Jail Man Who Denies Wife’s Pregnancy Because Sex Was ‘Only’ 6 Times
Claiming they had sex only six times, a 38-year-old man, Samaila Salisu, 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 only had sex with her six times.
The Judge, Malam Isiyaku Abdulrahman, warned that if the witnesses failed to convince the court, the complainant husband would be punished for lying and defaming the wife.
Judge Abdulrahman adjourned the matter for the complainant to present witnesses testifying that his wife cheated and got pregnant.
“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,” he said.
“I have witnesses that can testify that the pregnancy isn’t mine because she left our matrimonial home.”
Maryam insisted that the baby belonged to Salisu.
“We used to spend time with together even after I left my matrimonial home,” she said.
She cited her suffering in her husband’s home for leaving him.
She narrated: “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 left over food.
“Back here in the city, I take tea with milk and bread. I couldn’t cope living in the village.
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.
