Wednesday, 19 June 2013
60-year-old Sule Mohammad, dragged his four step children to court over ownership of a house.
Mohammed went to Magajin Gari Sharia Court I, Kaduna, claiming that he made part payment for the five-room house in 2007 and was seeking to complete the payment when the four siblings denied knowledge of the transaction.
According to him, he bought the house at the cost of N470,000 and made part payment of N100,000 to the mother of the children, who is his wife.
Mohammed, who resides at Rigasa area of the city, urged the court to intervene and compel the children to honour the agreement. He tendered a letter, purported to be the agreement for the sale of the house.
The accused, Rabiu, Fatima, Ruqayya and Yusuf Mohammed, who inherited the house from their late mother, all denied knowledge of the transaction.
One of the children by name Rabiu, represented his siblings in court. According to him, they were neither consulted nor did they participate in the transaction, adding that their mother had no share in the house.
The presiding officer, Khadi Usman Abubakar, rejected the letter presented by the complainant as proof of the purported transaction and ordered him to come along with those involved in the deal on the next adjourned date.
He is to come with the four step children to court on July 3, for continuation of hearing.
