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ABUBAKAR ABDULLAHI V. HALIMA JAMILU BAKIN KASUWA

(2017) JELR 39680 (CA)

Court of Appeal  •  CA/K/85/S/2016  •  13 Apr 2017  •  Nigeria

Coram
IBRAHIM MOHAMMED MUSA SAULAWA JCA; MASSOUD ABDULRAHMAN OREDOLA JCA; RIDWAN MAIWADA ABDULLAHI JCA;

Appearances
Appellant is present. For Appellant Respondent is absent. For Respondent

Judgement
<p>MASSOUD ABDULRAHMAN OREDOLA, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the decision of the Sharia Court of Appeal, Katsina State, holden at Katsina, hereinafter called the Lower Court, delivered on the 3rd day of September, 2015 and wherein the said Lower Court affirmed the concurrent judgments of the Upper Sharia Court No. 1, Katsina hereinafter called the intermediate Appellate Court and the Sharia Court No.1, Katsina, hereinafter called the trial Sharia Court.</p><p>The facts which led to this appeal emanated from the trial Sharia Court, whereat the respondent herein as plaintiff sued the appellant who was then the defendant. The claims or complaints made/laid before that Court by the respondent was for confirmation by the trial Sharia Court of the cumulative triple divorce pronounced and or handed down by her husband, the appellant and breast feeding/suckling allowance.</p><p>The respondent in her own words puts it thus:</p><p>&quot;He gave me the first divorce on 28th March, 2014 and a…</p>

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