Poetic Nikaah is the story of two young African Muslims; Bilal Oyatomi and Aneezah Cisse. It is told in three interchanging perspectives between friends.   Read Reviews

The first perspective is that of Bilal who grows up in a slum in Kwara, Nigeria through a sad and mysterious childhood. He carries fragmented memories of his beastly and diabolical father. Bilal can barely remember how he used to beat up his mother until a day he gets arrested and taken away by unknown men in uniform. When he asks about the whereabouts of his father, his mother would answer with mysterious proverbs and then go silent.  Bilal carries his childhood memories with uncertainty and bitterness till his path crosses that of Aneezah Cisse, daughter of a wealthy Hausa-Fulani.

Aneezah’s perspective features desperate craving for freedom. The life she knew was barricaded of religious restrictions and parental policing. In school, she feels the liberty to explore new fashion trends and spend alone time with a boy.

Bilal and Aneezah becomes very fond of each other; sharing pasts, laughter and infatuative moments until the overstepped the boundry of Zeenah. What now stands between them is beyond years of religion and intertribal war; it includes the lots of things that can be said about love without words.

Sir Nas perspective features his untold feelings for Aneezah Cisse, his mother’s love for Fulani ladies and his father’s indifference. The story takes its twist when Sanusi finally expressed interest in Aneezah. Bilal gives up on his romance escapades for reasons coupled with his other life adversities and leaves for Lagos for his mother’s surgery. He doesn’t return for years leaving Aneezah with a broken heart. She finally agrees to marry Sanusi after so much societal and parental pressure.  

Bilal’s mother’s death brings him closer to Allah, and lands him in a perspective of life. With a second chance at life, he was going to do things right when his path crosses another Muslim girl named Rhodiyah. He asks her to marry him the right way while hoping for a happily ever after.