Kaduna Court Drama: Businessman Takes Sheikh Gumi to Court Over Moroccan Wife

A Kaduna-based businessman, Nasir Musa Idris (Albani Agege) has filed a series of criminal complaints before courts in Kaduna State against Islamic cleric Dr. Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, members of his family, and two associates, alleging offences arising from a prolonged matrimonial dispute involving his Moroccan wife, Khadijah Diab.  

According to the court documents, the complaints have been lodged before the Sharia Court, Malali, the Chief Magistrate Court, Kabala Doki, and the Chief Magistrate Court, Barnawa, each alleging different criminal offences under the applicable Kaduna State laws.  

The complainant alleges that he lawfully married Moroccan national Khadijah Diab in October 2024 and that they lived together peacefully until September 2025, when events leading to the dispute allegedly began. According to the filings, he claims he was contacted and requested to bring his wife to Dr. Gumi’s residence for counselling after allegations that she had raised complaints against him.  

The court filings further allege that after taking his wife to the residence for counselling, she was prevented from returning to her matrimonial home and that repeated efforts to reunite with her were unsuccessful. The complaints also allege interference with the marital relationship, unlawful restraint, and continued harbouring of the complainant’s wife without his consent. These are allegations made by the complainant and remain matters for judicial determination.  

In the complaint before the Chief Magistrate Court at Kabala Doki, the complainant also alleges that false information was supplied during earlier court proceedings, leading to the issuance of a marriage-related document which he subsequently challenged. According to the filing, he contends that the document was later set aside by the Sharia Court, although he alleges it continued to be relied upon in subsequent proceedings.  

A separate complaint filed before the Chief Magistrate Court, Barnawa, includes additional allegations of criminal trespass, theft of cash and valuables from the complainant’s residence, defamation, injurious falsehood, and other offences under the Kaduna State Penal Code. The document states that these allegations are connected to the same matrimonial dispute.  

The defendants named across the various complaints include Dr. Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, Amal Ahmad Gumi, Mahmud Ahmad Gumi, Mubarak Ahmad Gumi, Umar Shahada (Sambo), and Abubakar Abdullahi Goron Namaye.  

The complaints request the courts to issue criminal summonses, and in one filing, the complainant also asks that a warrant of arrest be considered on the grounds that service of summons might be impracticable.  

As of the documents provided, the matters are before the courts. The allegations contained in the complaints have not been determined by the courts, and the defendants are entitled to respond to the claims and are presumed innocent unless and until a court rules otherwise.