It began like a fairy tale: Abuja shimmered in gold when Adama Indimi married Prince Abdulmalik Ibrahim in 2020. Billionaire daughter meets royal heir. The wedding hashtags sparkled across Instagram; even cynics paused to admire the match. Four years later, the story has soured into something quieter, colder, and distinctly human.
By October 28, 2025, both will appear before the Sharia Court of Appeal in Abuja, where their disagreement has taken legal shape. Adama wants full custody of their child, as Islamic law generally grants to mothers. She also wants monthly support to match her station: $2,000 for feeding, clothing, and other things for the child; and extra for a nanny, school fees, and others.
The Prince, by his lawyer’s account, has offered less: N1 million for the child’s upkeep, and school fees made directly to the school. It is all very dramatic.
The marriage itself was brief. Their divorce was finalised in August 2024, closing a union that had promised modern glamour with a touch of northern tradition. Social media, predictably, treated it like a lost national dream. Fans confessed heartbreak. Some mourned the beauty of the wedding photos more than the marriage itself.
The legal back-and-forth has grown complex, with both sides filing motions and appeals. Adama’s team says the Prince has stalled proceedings; his camp says the lower court was biased. The Sharia Court will decide who must pay what and who gets to raise the child. Behind the grandeur of their surnames, the fight has the same old ache: love undone, money in question, a child between them.
Adama, for all her pedigree, comes across as strikingly determined. She runs her travel company, Kauna Solutions, and her cosmetics brand, Reign by Adama, both still active despite the turmoil. The Prince, too, carries his title with an air of reserve, rarely addressing the scandal publicly.
The rest of us will watch from our screens, equal parts fascinated and weary. In the end, the Indimi-Prince story is no royal tragedy; only another Nigerian tale where wealth promises insulation and delivers exposure instead.
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