A Shari’a Court in Rigasa, Kaduna, has ordered a father, Shamsu Umar, to pay N20,000 as monthly feeding allowance for the upkeep of his children.
The Judge, Malam Muhammad Adamu, gave the order after granting custody of the children to their mother, Zainab Sulaiman.
Adamu also ordered Umar to continue taking care of the children’s education, health and clothing.
Earlier, Zainab had prayed the court to grant her custody of her two children, while compelling her estranged husband to take care of their needs.
She further asked the court to compel Umar to release their first child whom he had had in his custody for five weeks.
In his defence, Umar complained that his estranged wife, being a teacher, had no time to look after their children, as they usually roamed the street.