A 53-year-old Festus Ajetunmobi, on Tuesday, asked a Badagry Customary Court in Lagos State to dissolve his 20-year marriage to his wife, Titilayo, alleging that she destroys his property. The petitioner told the court that he was no longer interested in the marriage because of her alleged habitual destruction of household property during misunderstandings. He […] …
Divorce case
My husband no longer loves me, wife tells court
A housewife, Iwabi Fasinu, 28, on Tuesday pleaded with a Badagry Customary Court in Topo, Badagry, to dissolve her marriage to Alex Fasinu on grounds of lack of love. Iwabi, who resided in Oropo Junction, Ansarudeen, Badagry, also told the court that she and her son, Emmanuel Fasinu, had been living all alone with the […] …
My husband abandoned me, nine children, wife tells court
A Kaduna state Sharia Court, sitting in Magajin Gari, on Monday dissolved the marriage between Nuhu Usman and Rashida Aminu, over Nuhu’s failure to cater for the family. The judge, Malam Musa Saad, dissolved the union after listening to both parties and their guardians. Saad ordered Usman, the respondent, to give N10, 000 monthly allowance […] …
Court dissolves marriage over religious difference
A Grade “C” Customary Court, sitting in Iseyin on Thursday dissolved a four-years marriage between Remi Atanda and Muri Atanda over religious difference. The complainant, Muri, had approached the court seeking dissolution of the marriage over refusal of his wife to attend the “Ifa’’ shrine with him. He said he could no longer tolerate the […] …
I discovered my husband had two wives, six children after marriage, woman tells court
A 28-year-old housewife and mother of one, Mautin Idowu, on Wednesday asked a Badagry Customary Court in Lagos State to dissolve her five-years marriage to her husband, Michael, to prevent her from committing suicide. The petitioner threatened to jump into a river in the coastal city if the court declined to grant her request due […] …
Woman seeks dissolution of marriage over alleged battering
A house wife, Mrs Comfort Oshanupin on Thursday urged the Customary Court in Oye-Ekiti in Ekiti to dissolve her 10 years marriage with one Seun Dada, over alleged battering. The 30-year-old mother of two was seeking separation on the grounds of alleged frequent fighting and beating. The estranged wife made the plea after several attempts […] …
My wife’s promiscuity has no bounds, man tells court
A 49-year-old man, Gbenga Olomilua, has urged a Grade C Customary Court sitting at Inanlende, Ibadan, to uphold the divorce request of his wife, Rashidat, alleging that her promiscuity has no bounds. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Olomilua told the court on Wednesday that his 10-year union with the plaintiff was characterised with […] …
ICYMI: I once prostrated to my wife’s concubine to save my life, man tells court
Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday dissolved a 14-year marriage between one Folashade Idowu and her husband, Abimbola, over infidelity and threat to life. Odunade said Folashade had caused an irreparable damage to her union with Abimbola on the grounds of infidelity and consequently ordered the dissolution. […] …
My husband spends money on second wife, woman tells court
A 38-year-old housewife, Toyin Ajewole, on Monday dragged her husband, Kehinde Ajewole, 43, before an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court at Agodi, Ibadan, seeking dissolution of her 14-year-old marriage over alleged abandonment She accused her husband of neglecting his parental responsibility to the three children of the marriage. Toyin said that she could no longer cope with […] …
My husband deceived me into marrying him, woman tells court
The President of Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, Mr Suleiman Apanpan, on Thursday dissolved an eight-year-old marriage between Aminat Olaniyi and Kassim Olaniyi over deception. Apanpan held that the marriage was laid on a deceitful foundation and it was bound to crash with time. He, however, advised lovers to make sincerity the watchword […] …