- by Met
My husband must give me N35, 000 as feeding allowance, woman insists
A six-month-old pregnant woman, Abubakar Rabi, has urged a Kubwa Grade 1 Area Court in Abuja to compel her husband, Abdullahi Saleh, who had allegedly deserted her, to pay her ante natal bills and feeding allowance.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Rabi told the court that they got married under Islamic Law on April 29, 2017, and that they were living in Kubwa, Abuja until he relocated to Nasarawa State.
She said that on May 24, Abubakar served her a letter of divorce, which was the second since they got married and packed out of their matrimonial home to live in Keffi, Nasarawa State.
She said that since then, he had refused to take care of her.
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“My house rent will expire in July; my husband has not bought our baby’s items and I am in need of proper feeding and care,” she said.
She urged the court to compel her husband to give her N35, 000 monthly as feeding allowance, N250, 000 to renew her rent and another N11, 000 to settle her ante natal bills.
Rabi also prayed the court to compel him to complete the purchase of their baby’s needs.
Saleh, a civil servant, denied Rabi’s accusations, adding that he could not afford a monthly allowance of N35, 000.
He requested that Rabi produce receipts for the said ante natal bills, adding that he had given her money for the baby’s needs and that he would buy whatever that was still needed later.
He added that Rabi should move to his house because he could no longer pay her rent in Kubwa.
The judge, Abdulwahab Mohammed, adjourned the case till June 28 for further hearing.
That is less than $100 USD
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