MARARABA  – A civil servant, Abdulmumini Ibrahim, 30, of Gurku village, Wednesday, prayed a Grade 1 Area Court, Aso Pada, Mararaba, to give him time to reconcile with his former wife, Aishatu Isah.

Ibrahim told the court that he needed more time to enable him settle with the wife as he still loved her.

The presiding judge, Mr Albert Maga, asked Isah if she heard what her ex-husband said, and she said yes.

She told the court that she was not interested in settling with him.

Maga then adjourned the case till December 9 for continuation of hearing should the out-of-court settlement efforts fail.

It would be recalled that on November 22, Isah sued Ibrahim to court for criminal intimidation.

On that same date, Isah prayed the court to take judicial notice of the fact that she and Ibrahim were legally separated sometime in October by the same court.

She said: “Any time he sees me talking to a man, he will intimidate me. He told me that he does not agree with the divorce and therefore, I am still his wife to which I said no.

“I decided to bring the matter to court because my ex-husband has refused to allow me be.”

The accused had pleaded not guilty to the charge, saying: “I am not aware that we are separated by the court.

“When I came back from my sojourn, I asked her where I went wrong that made her go to court and divorced me, she said nothing.

“I do not agree that we are no more husband and wife because I was absent in court when the judgment was given, granting her prayer for divorce.

“I later asked my parents if the dowry I paid on her was returned, they said no; so, I said I must get the dowry back.”