The complainant, Shaibu Ibrahim, 56, also a blind man, had accused Sarki of enticing his wife Lami, 33, with money.
At the resumption of hearing, Presiding Officer, Mr. Albert Maga, asked the accused if he heard and understood the testimony given by the complainant at the last adjourned date.
Sarki said he understood and denied enticing Ibrahim’s wife.
Maga adjourned the case to September 25 for defence and advised the accused to come with all his witnesses.
On September 5, Ibrahim testified in the court as to how Sarki enticed his wife and took her away from him.
On that same date, Ibrahim said that he became friends with the accused in 2012, when the accused assisted him to secure accommodation at Gwagalape, near Nyanya in Abuja.
He said: “He enticed my wife with money because he is richer than me. He took advantage of a little misunderstanding I had with my wife over N1,000 daily contribution.
“He was my good friend. When he intervened, I thought he was concerned. I did not know that he had evil plans.”
Ibrahim had earlier told the court that the accused was the one that instigated his wife against him.
He said: “When I could not provide the N1,000 daily savings to my wife to enable us buy a house, he took my wife and gave her another room in his compound.
“Each time I go to see her or sit on her bed, she will send me out and say she has no business with me.
“He began threatening me. He even told me that he has the money power to take my wife and marry her.”
Ibrahim had alleged that his wife, through Sarki’s influence, had offered to pay him back the N19,000 he paid as dowry on her.
On August 27, Ibrahim had dragged Sarki, his friend and Chairman of the Blind Peoples’ Association in Aso Pada, to court for allegedly enticing his wife, Lami.
On the same date, Ibrahim told the court that the accused was the one that introduced him to Lami and later enticed her away from him.
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