FCT Judge Worried Over High Rate Of Divorce Among Newly Wed Couples

A magistrate in Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ayuba Abuba, has expressed concern over the high rate of divorce among the young couple in the country.

Courts in the FCT, according to him, are now having a high rate of divorces involving two to three year old marriages.

He explained that in most cases, courts have no choice than to separate the young couples seeking divorce, so that they could live peacefully.

The magistrate asked parents to follow Islam guidelines before giving their children out in marriage.

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Mr Abubakar was speaking at the Annual Ramadan Lecture organised by the Afemai Islamic Movement in Abuja on Sunday with the theme ‘The Role of Parent in Raising God-fearing Children’.

The scholar called on parents to ensure they follow the Islamic regulations before giving their children out in marriage.

According to him, most parents don’t follow the instructions of the Holy Quran but only follow their children’s bidding when the issue of marriage arises.

”As a judge, we are having a high rate of divorce, especially the rate in the FCT is so alarming, young couples in two years, three years marriage, dragged themselves to courts. And we discovered that in so many of it there is no other way than to just separate them to live in peace,” stated the magistrate.

Mr Abubakar added, “The implication is that if we don’t follow the Islamic regulation by making prayers to Allah for guidance and follow the Islamic teaching, their will be domestic problems. This teaching is for the husband to know his duty and his rights and for the wife to lower her duty and rights and by the time you think of those rules, it is to bring harmony in our homes.”