A 40-year-old man, Aliyu Leleyi, has been ordered by an Abuja Area Court sitting in Lugbe–Abuja , to take full responsibility of his ex-wife’s nine months’ pregnancy and three-year-old son.
The Presiding Officer, Mr Haruna Masanawa, held that Leleyi should responsible for monthly alimony of N8,000 for her upkeep and N5,000 for the upkeep of their three-year-old son.
Masanawwa noted that the financial commitments to his 23-year-old ex-wife, Hadiza Aliyu, and the child does not include antenatal and general medical care for both the child and the mother.
He also ordered Hadiza to go back to Aliyu’s house and remain there until she is delivered of her baby.
“Therefore, the defendant is, hereby, ordered to give the plaintiff the sum of N8, 000 every 30 days from today (Monday March 4).
“With regards to the three-year-old child, the plaintiff is, hereby, awarded custody of and the defendant must pay the sum of N5, 000 monthly for his upkeep. The presiding officer had pronounced.
It would be recalled that Hadiza was married to Aliyu for five years until February 2012 , when he just woke up one day and asked her to leave his house.
Hadiza Aliyu, who resides at Ido-Sarki Village, Lugbe, a suburb of the FCT-Abuja, dragged her husband to court and asked the court to compel Leleyi to accept responsibility for her pregnancy. This development came up one year after he divorced her.
The plaintiff told the court that she was shocked and decided to report the issue to the Village Head, who invited Leleyi for a meeting to resolve the issue to no avail.
Hadiza said she had no choice but to return to her parents, adding that her parents invited him for a meeting with a view to resolving the matter.
The plaintiff said following her parent’s intervention, Leleyi reluctantly took her back only to send her packing again after 15 days.
She said she returned to her parents again with her only son, saying that Leleyi had again failed to take responsibility for her son’s upkeep.
Hadiza said she went to Leleyi’s house three months after to console him when he lost a relation as tradition demands.
The plaintiff said that she stayed there for three weeks only to discover that she had taken in for him.
In his defence, Leleyi said that he divorced his former wife since February 2012, and never had any matrimonial relationship with her to date.
“In February, 2012, we had a problem and she left my house for her parent’s house; the problem was resolved later and she came back to my house only to depart again 15 days later.
“A few months after, she sent me a message that my three-year-old son who lives with her took ill and I sent her some money to take him to the hospital.
“While in the hospital, she said she did a pregnancy test on a doctor’s advice and it turned out positive and she told me that I was responsible, but I disclaimed the pregnancy,’’ Leleyi told the
court.
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