OKUNOLA, JCA (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Kebbi State Sharia Court of Appeal wherein the earlier decision of the Upper Area Court Dakin Gari was reversed.
The facts of this case briefly put were as follows:
The appellant herein as plaintiff at the Upper Area Court, Dakin Gari (hereinafter referred to as the UAC) sued the 1st respondent herein his former wife for sending Kolanut to him for the marriage she contracted with one Rugga Anaruwa and the person who contracted the marriage. According to the plaintiff/appellant at page 1 of the records:
“I want to know the reason of contracting the marriage and why Kolanut was sent to me to assure me of the marriage contracted. I don’t know the reason of this act of not seeking for trouble. Therefore I am pleading with the court to investigate”.
On being confronted with the case filed by the plaintiff/appellant, the 1st defendant/respondent admitted that the plaintiff divorced her, though she did n…