Judge orders journalists out of court as Ganduje’s daughter seek divorce

In order to hear a divorce case made by Asiya-Balaraba Ganduje, the daughter of the governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, Khadi Abdullahi Halliru, a judge on a Sharia court in Kano, ordered journalists out of the courtroom.

Although everyone is equal in the eyes of the law, the judge stated that because of the personalities involved, “this is a peculiar situation that need not be recorded.”

He chose to hear the case in his chamber as a result.

In a previous event, the governor’s daughter pleaded with the court to use the Islamic khul’i principles to annul her marriage to her husband, Inuwa Uba, after they had been together for 16 years because she was “fed up with the marriage.”

The husband, who stated that he still loved his wife, asked the court for extra time to consider strategies for persuading her to change her mind.

After ruling on the motion, the judge allowed the divorcing couple two weeks to work out a settlement and then postponed the decision until January 5.

The governor’s daughter had a dispute with her parents a few years prior because she supported her husband despite their unsubstantiated accusations that he had “amassed wealth” that belonged to them.

According to a source, armed security personnel were dispatched to the couple’s mansion at Technical Staff Quarters to break into the residence and remove the title documents of Uba’s possessions after the governor’s daughter gave in to family pressure and dumped the husband.

The sources list the properties as a rice mill on the Kano-Zaria Road, an event space, a home in Abuja, and filling stations, among other things.