Atiku Abubakar’s son loses custody of his 3 sons to ex-wife

An Upper Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja has directed Alhaji Atiku Abubakar to hand over custody of his 3 sons to his divorced wife, Maryam Sherif.

Abubakar is the son of Nigeria’s ex-vice president of the same name.

Well, delivering the judgement on Tuesday, 27th October, 2020, the judge, Bashir Danmaisule, stated that according to the authority contained in FIQH ALA MAZAHIB AL – ARBAH the custody of kids lies in the hands of the mother.

Danmaisule, said so long the plaintiff is not married, the said authority stands but if she was married, custody will be to her mother.

Going further, he made it known that the defendant couldn't establish any default against the plaintiff to deprive her of her kids under Islamic law.

” Any aggrieved party can appeal the judgement within 30 days from today, ” he said.

Meanwhile, the defendant and his lawyer, Abdullahi Hassan were absent.

The plaintiff got married to the defendant on Feb. 2, 2012 which produced 3 male children and was divorced in 2018.

She nonetheless sought custody of her sons in court through her counsel, Nasir Saidu, after being denied access to them in 2019.