The relative of a bride who was assigned to give out her hand in marriage (waliyyi) was accused of stealing her dowry shortly before the wedding fatiha in Kurna area of Dala LGA of Kano State.
This is according to Daily Trust, with report that due to the missing dowry the event was broken to allow general searches to be conducted on the attendees.
“During the search, the money was found inside the pocket of the waliyyi. who said he didn’t know how they got into his pocket.
“On getting the money, the waliyyi was chased out of the mosque as he could not stand for the bride as her representative. His younger brother was assigned to stand for her and the wedding went on,” one Sunusi Dan Mamman told the publication.
It was uncertain whether the thieving bride’s relative was handed over to the police, but was nowhere in the area after the event, the report said.
