Zubairu Malami, the former boyfriend of Zainab Abdullahi, the new wife of the Comptroller-General of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Hameed Ali, has demanded N9 million compensation over their collapsed relationship.
The NCS boss tied the knot with Zainab at a low-key wedding on Saturday in Kano because of the coronavirus pandemic.
However, in a letter dated May 22 by his lawyer simply identified as I.I. Wangida, Malami said he wanted a refund of the money he spent on Zainab while they courted.
“Our brief as disclosed to us is that for over three years you have been in a relationship with our client where he has invested so much in your life, future and business when you consistently promised to marry him, even though you knew deep down in your heart you were deceiving our client but you allowed him for all these years to continuously spend money and resources on you while he was in the believe that he was doing that to his future wife,” the letter read.
“Be that as it may, we have our client’s brief that you have decided to pick another man for yourself as husband and while our client congratulates you on your new home, we have our client’s instructions to also disclose his displeasure over your reaction few days before your marriage by taking an unnecessary fight with him thereby insulting and calling him all kinds of names and your claims that he calculate all you have collected from him both as loans and investment and trips ticket so that you can pay him as you are no longer in his life affairs.”
Malami listed all he had invested in the woman’s life, claiming it amounted to N9,081,207.45 million.
“In view of the above, we have our client’s instructions to demand from you and we hereby demand from you the immediate payment of the sum of N9,081,207.45 only failure to heed to same shall leave us with no other option that to proceed with legal action to recover the said sum. Your choice in this matter is our preference,” the letter read.
