A Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, on Friday transferred a breach of trust and cheating suit filed against a popular Kannywood actress, Hadiza Aliyu-Gabon, to an Upper Sharia Court.
The judge, Malam Isiyaku Abdulrahman, transferred the case to the upper shari’a court in Tudun Wada, following the complainant’s counsel, Malam Nurudeen Murtala’s prayer.
While transferring the case, the judge accused the counsel of wanting to waste the court’s time.
“You have two options. One is for me to strike out the case or transfer it to another court,” the judge said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bala Musa, a civil servant, had dragged the actress to court for refusing to marry him.
Musa told the court, “So far, I have spent N396,000. Anytime she asks for money, I give it to her without hesitation in the hope that we will marry.
The defendant, who spoke through her counsel, Bar. Mubarak Sani, denied knowing Musa, saying she had never seen or met him and had no relationship with him whatsoever.
The complainant’s counsel had presented a copy of a bank statement to the court and told the court that some four persons were the recipients of the money claimed to have been sent to the defendant.
Two of the four, Fatima Abdullahi and Abdullahi Yusuf, claimed to be the defendant’s friend and personal assistant, respectively.
They pleaded guilty to impersonating the actress and receiving money in her name, praying the court would forgive them.
Briefly after the proceedings, the actress’s counsel told newsmen that they wanted the court to discharge and acquit his client as she had not cheated or breached any trust as she had been accused earlier.
The complainant’s counsel, on the other hand, said he only wanted justice for all.
(NAN)
