April 4th, 2023
Ayuba Abubakar, the judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Magistrate Court, has expressed worry over the high rate of divorce among young couples in the FCT.
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.
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