Halima Kazaure, the former wife of Bashir El-Rufai, has opened up about their divorce, revealing that their marriage ended in 2024 when their twin sons were two years old.

Kazaure, a lawyer and daughter of former senator Ibrahim Kazaure, shared her account in a personal essay titled “Memoirs of a Single Nigerian Twin Mum with ADHD,” published on her Substack.

She said she had never had much faith in marriage because of the relationships she witnessed while growing up and admitted that she entered her own marriage with a fear that it would eventually fail.

“I became a single mother when my boys were two. My marriage ended in 2024. Somewhere inside me, I think I knew my marriage would end before it even began. Imagine entering a marriage already preparing for its funeral,” she wrote.

Kazaure said she often expected things to go wrong even during periods when life appeared to be going well, describing herself as someone who was always waiting for “the next shoe to drop.”

Her account did not identify a particular incident that caused the marriage to collapse, nor did she accuse Bashir of misconduct. Instead, she reflected on her views on marriage, her experience of becoming a single mother, and the emotional impact of the separation.

Bashir and Kazaure married in 2020 and welcomed twin boys in 2021. The divorce became public in May 2026 after Bashir, the son of former Kaduna State governor Nasir El-Rufai, discussed the separation publicly and referred to the reason as “Gen Z wahala.” He also said Kazaure had initially approached him and later proposed marriage. Bashir later apologised for discussing the marriage publicly, saying he should have handled the matter privately.

Kazaure's latest account comes months after Bashir's public disclosure and offers her perspective on what life was like after the marriage ended. In her words, she wrote:

“For someone with so little faith in men, I have a ridiculous amount of faith in love. I trusted again. Hoped again. Imagined again. And got my heart broken again.”

Despite the changes in her relationships, businesses, hobbies, and friendships, Kazaure said her twin sons remained a constant part of her life.