An Islamic Court has fixed November 17 to hear disgruntlement from Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf and Rabiu Kwankwaso’s daughter, Zainab, following the latter’s call for a dissolution of their marriage.
The court summoned Yusuf to show up in the said date after Zainab made complaints over an alleged neglect of duties of the governor, ultimately recommending an end of their wedlock of 20 years.
During the session on Saturday at the courtyard in Gudu, Abuja, the reporter, a second wife, while initiating the divorce suit through Khul’i, an Islamic procedure, which allows a woman to seek the dissolution of her marriage by returning her dowry or offering compensation.
Zainab accused Yusuf of the absence of love, care, affection and emotional connection in the marriage, adding that her efforts to reconcile the relationship had failed.
The couple got married on July 29, 2006, and have six children together.
The divorce proceedings followed reports that Zainab had left the Kano Government House for her father’s residence before later travelling to Abuja.
However, the court is expected to hear the governor’s response when he appears on the scheduled date.