Metro
Four injured As Opposing Groups Clash Over Chief Imam In Osun
Four persons have reportedly sustained various degrees of injuries as fresh clash erupted over who becomes the Chief Imam of Inisa Central Mosque in Osun State.
DAILY POST gathered trouble broke out on Friday when the man at the eye of the crisis, Sheik Abdulakeem Muhammadu-Jamiu gained entrance into the mosque to lead Friday Jumat prayers.
Led to the mosque by police personnel for the Friday prayer, it was reported that tension broke out when the congregation sighted Muhammadu-Jimoh entering the Chief Imam’s room leading to the Minbar of the Inisa Central Mosque in preparation to deliver the Jumat Sermon.
Sources revealed that after a hot exchange between the pro and anti Muhammadu-Jimoh supporters, a free for all fight ensued during which four members of the Muslim community who are opposing his choice as Chief Imam sustained injuries.
Muhammadu-Jamiu was also reportedly stoned by an antagonist which led to the smashing of decorative glasses which adorned the Imam’s section of the mosque.
Findings revealed that it took the intervention of the police to avert loss of lives in the clash.
The Chief Imam speaking on the matter, said he did not know how the pandemonium broke out in the mosque.
Muhammadu-Jimoh accused his antagonists of masterminding the clash in the mosque, adding that he was the first person to be stoned by one of his antagonists in the mosque.
He noted that the free for all broke out after members of the congregation tried to resist the attack.
Recall that the Osun State Government had ordered the closure of Inisa Central Mosque on Tuesday May 11, 2021, over possible breakdown of law and order in the town.
The directive which was signed by, Abdulla Binuyo, the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Osun State Governor, was to avert escalation of crisis due to the inability of the Muslim community to install an acceptable Chief Imam in the town.
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It also directed that all Eid prayers and congregational activities must not hold in the mosque.
The central mosque was, however, reopened on Friday July 16, 2021 following the ongoing peaceful resolution of the crisis that plagued the community.
The directive for the reopening was also conveyed in a public service announcement signed by the Governor’s Deputy Chief of Staff.
The government also directed that worshippers can now congregate at the mosque for their Juma’at and Eid prayers and that the government hoped that the community will justify the confidence reposed in it, to allow peace to continue to reign.
(DAILY POST)
Metro
My Wife Sleeps In Leggings, Denies Me Sex —Husband
…He starves me, our children, beat me, left me almost naked in public —Wife
A minibus driver complained before a local court in Lusaka, Zambia, that his wife sleeps in leggings to prevent him from making love to her.
Richard Makura, 48, of Kanyama compound was testifying in a case in which his wife, Patricia Mulenga, 40, a business woman sued him for divorce on allegation that he was violent.
According to the Zambian Observer, the two got married in 1996 and have three children.
Patricia told the senior court magistrate, Lewis Mum, sitting with two other magistrates, Abbyshine Michelo and Esther Mulomba at Kanyama Local Court that Richard has been beating her over petty issues since her father in 2004.
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She explained that in 2006, he threatened to burn her clothes and was forced to seek refuge at her parents’ home.
She told the court that he once beat her until she fainted.
Patricia stated that in 2015, Richard started working for APG Milling in Mansa but still failed to provide for the family because he only sent home K50 or K100 per month.
She further said that Richard joined her in June 2016 when his contract was terminated but she never saw the benefits he was given.
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“When I asked for our children’s school fees, he beat me in public and removed the chitenge material I was wearing.
“I was left in the short skirt I was wearing and in the confusion, he beat a man who wanted to rescue from his hand,” Patricia stated.
In defense, Richard denied being violet but admitted that problem started in 2006 when he had a girlfriend.
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He explained that when he came from Mansa, his wife started sleeping in leggings to prevent him from making love to her.
The magistrate, Mumba stated that there was violence in their marriage and since Patricia wanted divorce, the court had no power to continue to live with Richard.
He granted the couple divorce, ordering Richard to compensate Patricia with K6,000 with initial payment of K1,000 followed by monthly installment of K400.
Property acquired together was ordered to be shared equally.
Metro
I Spent 13 Days In Hospital After My Husband Beat Me —Wife
…I now love her the more —Husband
A housewife, LadidiI Abass, has dragged her husband, Shehu Abass, to a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Garki, Kaduna, Kaduna State, seeking divorce over alleged battery.
Abass who reside at Rigasa, Kaduna, said her husband usually beat her any time they had a misunderstanding.
Accordng to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the last time he did, he was hospitalised for 13 days.
“He usually beats me in front of our children.
“The last time he beat me, I was hospitalized for 13 days,” Ladidi said.
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She prayed the court to dissolve their union and grant her custody of their children.
The defendant, Shehu, denied all the allegations.
“I have just started loving my wife. I love her more and more every hour, “
Shehu thus prayed the court to grant him time to resolve their differences.
The judge, Murtal Nasir, after he had heard both parties, ordered the complainant to testify on her allegation on battery.
He then adjourned the case.
Metro
My Husband Abandoned Me, No Longer Comes To My Room —Wife
…I still love her —Husband
A housewife, Hassana Adamu, has urged a Upper Area Court, Gwagwalada, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to dissolve her 10-year-old marriage to her husband, Danjuma Ali, on the grounds of lack of love and interest.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Hassan told the court that her marriage with Danjuma is blessed with three kids.
“I have lost interest in our marriage and no longer love my husband.
“My husband has abandoned me. He does not enter my room again, and he is no longer interested in me.
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“I want the court to dissolve our marriage because of lack of love and interest.”
Danjuma in his response , however, said that he still loved his wife.
The judge, Malam Abdulkarim, advised the couple to explore some means of settlement.
Abdulkarim asked the complainant if she was willing to accept back her husband if he did all she wanted, but she answered in the negative.
He then adjourned the case.
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