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  • Court dissolves 12-year-old marriage over threat to life

    Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Monday dissolved a 12-year-old marriage between a businesswoman, Basirat Olabode and Dauda lack of care and threat to life.

    Odunade held that the court put an end to the union between Basirat and Dauda because there was no more love between them.

    He awarded custody of the three children whose ages ranged between three and 11 to Basirat and ordered Dauda to pay N15, 000 as the childrren’s monthly feeding allowance.

    The Arbitrator also directed the respondent to be responsible for their education and other welfare.

    In her petition to the court, Basirat, a resident of Opopoyeosa in Ibadan said that her mother in-law was frustrating her harmonious marital life to her husband.

    “Ever since I got married to Dauda 12 years ago, my mother in-law had never given me something to cheer about, rather, she cooks up various evil tricks tt ensure that her son send me out of his house.

    “When I became overwhelmed by her evil plans, I lost one of the children.

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    “In fact, I would have continued to cope, however, Dauda does not allow me a moment’s rest.

    “I left his house since January because he doesn’t fend for the children and I,” Basirat said.

    The respondent was however, not in court to defend the allegations leveled against him.

    The court’s bailiff told the arbitrator that he had on two occasions served hearing notices on Dauda and that he intentionally ignored the invitation.

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  • Court dissolves 15 yr-old marriage over drunkenness, threat to life

    Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Wednesday dissolved a 15 year-old marriage between one Rukayat Lukman and her husband, Yekeen, over drunkenness and threat to life.

    Odunade, who advised intending couples to seek proper counseling before embarking on marriage, decried the high rate of violence among couples.

    The arbitrator, who cited threat to life as reason for ending the union, awarded custody of the two children produced by the union to Rukayat.

    He directed Yekeen to pay a monthly allowance of N10,000 for the children’s upkeep in addition to being responsible for their education and other welfare needs.

    Earlier while narrating her ordeal, Rukayat,a trader and a resident of Boluwaji area of Ibadan, said that her husband had constantly put her life at risk through ceaseless battery after drinking.

    “For me, marriage has remained a thing of regret and unhappiness going by the harrowing experiences which Yekeen has exposed me to.

    “He is a terrible drunk and each time he is drunk, he beats the hell out of me.

    “I have different scars on my body now because of Yekeen’s brutality to me.

    READ ALSO: Court dissolves 25-year-old marriage over husband’s stealing habit

    “It would have been better if he had stopped at just beating me, Yekeen also starves the children and I.

    ” He is not a good example of a father to the children as he plays no role in their education, Yekeen has added no value to my life, please, separate us,” she said.

    Yekeen, a commercial bus driver, did not deny any of the allegations leveled against him and did not also oppose divorce.

    “Though, I agree with Rukayat’s submission, however, I want this court to know that she intentionally abandoned me even when there was no reason for it.

    “After a while, Rukayat came begging my mother to allow the two children to spend the holidays with her.

    ” However, Rukayat ran away with the children.“Please, don’t give her custody of my children,” Yekeen had said.

  • I beat my wife because of disobedience, man tells court

    A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Friday dissolved the 25-year-old marriage between a commercial driver, Oluwole Kolapo, and his wife Temitope for the lack of love.

    The President of the court, Chief Ademola Odunade, announced the decision, saying that there was no need keeping a relationship that had already been damaged.

    He awarded custody of the three children from the union to Oluwole since they were already of age.

    The court, however, directed Temitope to seek the approval of the court anytime she wanted to see her children in the interest of peace and order.

    Earlier, Oluwole told the court that he usually beat his wife, Temitope, because of her disobedience to him.

    Countering his wife’s allegation of battery and infidelity, Oluwole said that his wife never took instructions from him for any reason.

    “It is very true that I beat Temitope and it is due to her constant disobedience to me.

    “She is used to visiting witch doctors for spiritual consultation in spite my warning to her.

    “I was unhappy when I came across a heap of all sorts of charms in Temitope’s wardrobe and that is the reason for our usual fighting.

    “Temitope doesn’t even love her children because I am left to cater for them on most occasions.

    “In fact, she has voluntarily abandoned the three children to me since October, 2018,” Oluwole said.

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    Temitope, a trader and a resident of Olomi area of Ibadan, had approached the court and asked it to dissolve the marriage because things had completely fallen apart between here and the husband.

    “If I commit any slightest mistake at home, Oluwole does not hesitate to beat me, even during pregnancy.

    “There was even a time in which I was hospitalized after he beat me.

    “Besides, Oluwole is a drunk as well as a womaniser.

    “Most of the times, he abandoned the children and I only to follow other women in town.

    “Oluwole doesn’t cater for the children whenever he sees me, but cares for them in my absence.

    “Elderly people in our community have intervened many times without any solution.

    “There is no more love between us, separate us,” Temitope pleaded.

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  • My hubby raped my 16-year-old daughter, woman tells court

    Ayobami Ogunleye, a trader and mother of three on Friday told a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her marriage to Olaniyi because he raped her 16-year-old daughter.

    Testifying before Chief Ademola Odunade, the court’s President, Ayobami who lived at Liberty-Oke-ado area of Ibadan said that her husband raped her 16-year-old daughter whom she had before getting married to Olaniyi.

    “If I had known that Olaniyi was heartless, I would not have ventured into marrying him, let alone having children with him.

    “I caught him red-handed raping my 16-year-old daughter that I had before I married him.

    “I told Olaniyi in clear tones that I have a female child before he agreed to marry me.

    “What I saw was that he started disturbing the girl until he eventually raped her.

    “In fact, that was the reason I sent the girl to her father.

    “Worst still, Olaniyi is a gambler and a thief.

    “I kept a cash of N9, 500 in a safe in our living room, Olaniyi stole the money to play Niger Bet without anything to show for it.

    “When I asked him for my money, he started threatening to kill me.

    “Then, he stabbed me with cutlass and my body is full of different machete cuts now.

    Read Also: Woman drags father to court over forceful marriage

    “I reported him at Iyaganku police station and they advised me to institute a legal action against him in the court of law.

    “Besides, I acquired a motorcycle for Olaniyi on installments and he has remained an ingrate.

    “He doesn’t even take care of the children and I, please separate us,” Ayobami begged the court.

    The respondent who consented to the suit however, denied the allegations leveled against him.

    Olaniyi, a commercial motorcyclist, submitted that his wife was a notorious prostitute in the neighbourhood.

    “My lord, it is true that Ayobami brought a female child into my home when I married her, but it is not true that I raped the girl.

    “She framed all sorts of lies against me after I caught her in adulterous act.

    “The money I took in the room is actually mine and not hers,” Olaniyi said.

    The respondent was however, silent on the issue of the motorcycle which the plaintiff said she got on installments for him.

    The court’s President, Odunade subsequently pronounced the marriage dissolved, citing threat to life as reason.

    “In the interest of peaceful living, the union between Ayobami and Olaniyi has ceased to be.

    “Custody of the three children produced by the union is granted to Ayobami and Olaniyi shall pay a monthly allowance of N30, 000 for the children’s upkeep in addition to been responsible for their education and other welfare,” the Arbitrator said.

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  • I prefer my mother’s custody to my father’s, child tells court

    A 14-year-old girl, Shukurat Adedeji, on Wednesday told a customary court in Ibadan to turn down her father’s request for her custody, saying she preferred to stay with her mother.

    Shukurat told the court that: “My lord, I am not denying the fact that Adedeji is my father, but I don’t want to be in his custody because I will suffer.”

    She was testifying in a fresh case brought by her father, Isiaka Adedeji, seeking revision of an earlier order by the court which granted the mother the custody of Shukurat.

    The court had in February, 2016 dissolved the union between Adedeji and Fatimoh Adedeji and awarded custody of Shukurat to her mother.

    The court’s President, Chief Ademola Odunade, had ruled that he gave the order so that Shukurat might be given proper care.

    However, Adedeji, who could no longer bear the agony of not having his daughter under his roof, told the court to revise its earlier decision.

    Fatimoh, Shukurat’s mother opposed Adedeji’s application.

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    When asked who she would prefer to stay with, Shukurat said the court should allow her mother to continue to take care of her.

    She said that her mother had told her many things about her father, which she never believed until recently.

    “I never believed my mother until recently when my father failed to pay my school fees when I urgently needed it.

    “My mother ensures that I go to school. She also sends me to Arabic school in addition to being responsible for other issues,” Shukurat said.

    Fatimoh also told the court that those who forced her out of Adedeji ’s home might ruined her daughter’s life if the court grants Adedeji’s request.

    Odunade adjourned the case until February 5, for judgment.

    NAN

  • Court dissolves 19-year-old marriage over wife’s adulterous lifestyle

    Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday dissolved the 19 year-old  marriage between one Abdulahi Azeez and Mujidat over adultery.

    “If an adulterous spouse does not kill herself, she will definitely kill her husband, therefore the union between Abdulahi and Mujidat has ceased to be.

    “Custody of the last child produced by the union is awarded to Mujidat while Abdulahi is granted custody of the first three.

    “Abdulahi shall pay a monthly allowance of N5,000 for the child’s upkeep in addition to been responsible for her education and other welfare,” he said.

    In his petition, Abdulahi, a businessman who resides at Moniya area of Ibadan said: “for 19 good years my lord, I have endured all sorts of horrors and psychological trauma due to Mujidat’s constant adultery with all shapes of men.

    “As a businessman, I travel around to ensure that Mujidat and her four children are comfortable, however, Mujidat only pays me with infidelity.

    The respondent who opposed the divorce suit also denied the allegations leveled against her.

    Mujidat, a trader,  prayed the court not to dissolve her union with Abdulahi.

  • ‘My hubby is a thief, serial pickpocket, not a businessman,’ woman tells court

    ‘My hubby is a thief, serial pickpocket, not a businessman,’ woman tells court

    “My husband is a criminal, a serial pickpocket. I did not know I am married to a thief,” divorce-seeking woman tells an Ibadan Customary Court.

    Mary, who is married to an Ibadan-based businessman, Mr Ibrahim Gbadamosi, said he was deceived into marrying him for about 20 years unknown to her that the man is a criminal.

    “Neither Ibrahim nor his friends told me that he was a criminal until he was jailed at Ile-Oluji in Ondo State.

    “There was a time I sold some of my property to secure his bail until I got to know that he was a serial pickpocket.

    “My Lord, Ibrahim is yet to pay my bride price,” she also told the court.

    Gbadamosi had approached a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan seeking the dissolution of the union, accused her of infidelity and attempting to kidnap him being masterminded by his wife.

    Marry added: “My husband is a thief and not a businessman as he claimed.

    “My Lord, although, I have agreed to part ways with Ibrahim, I must reveal some ‘hidden truths’ about this man that calls himself a businessman.

    “I never knew what he was doing for a very long time and I became very uncomfortable with his lifestyle.

    “All I knew was that security operatives used to come and arrest him and his friends used to run from one place to another to gather money for his release.”

    The estranged wife, who said she would not object to the request of her husband for the dissolution of the marriage, described it as good riddance to bad rubbish.

    “He doesn’t worth it; let him go,” Mary said.

    Earlier, Ibrahim, who resides at Soka area of Ibadan, told the court that his wife let him down in his time of “trouble and persecution”.

    He regretted that his wife’s situation degenerated to the extent of her becoming a prostitute.

    “This hit me like a big stick. I can confirm to this honourable court that our landlord’s younger brother impregnated her and had been sleeping with her ever since.

    “Moreover, Mary usually lunch attacks on me with the intention of inflicting bodily injuries or even terminating my life.

    “As if that was not enough, Mary and our first child conspired to kidnap my child given birth to by my second wife.

    “The matter was reported at the police station where they were both made to sign an undertaking never to involve in kidnapping again,” he said.

    Ibrahim, who said he was incarcerated for 16 months for importing contraband, alleged that Mary did not visit his shop, thereby allowing all the goods to rust.

    “Please, this honourable court should allow her daughter to be with her. I am ready to give her anything she wants on a monthly basis to cater for her.”

    The President of the court, Mr Ademola Odunade, while adjourning the case to Nov. 28, asked the couple to continue to be of good behaviour.

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  • Court dissolves 8-yr-old marriage in Ibadan over infidelity

    Court dissolves 8-yr-old marriage in Ibadan over infidelity

    Mr Ademola Odunade, the President of a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Friday  dissolved  the  eight-year-old marriage between one Temitope  Osunbote, and her husband, Elijah,  over infidelity.

    Odunade held that the couple had refused to be pacified and he consequently terminated the union in the interest of peace and order.

    “Temitope is awarded custody of the two children produced by the union, while Elijah is directed to pay a monthly feeding allowance of  N8,000 for the upkeep of the children.

    “This is in addition to being responsible for their education and other welfare needs,” he said.

    Earlier, Temitope, who resides at Imalefalafia area of Ibadan,  had described her  husband as a womaniser  who had no regard for  the sacredness of the marriage institution.

    “My Lord, Elijah is deeply engrossed in infidelity because he brings his concubines to our matrimonial home every now then and even takes them to our matrimonial bed without any  respect for me.

    “Besides, Elijah often beats  me at the slightest mistake.

    “In fact, he is too troublesome and highly irresponsible.

    “ That is a part of what I have been facing in addition to frequently starving the children and I.

    “There is no more love between Elijah and I. Please, separate us,” Temitope said..

    In his response, Elijah, who consented to the dissolution,  denied all the allegations levelled against him.

    “Temitope is a thief and can also never be trusted for a moment as I have noticed that she has been sleeping with different men in my house.

    “With my experience as a computer engineer, I installed a camera to monitor her activities while I am away and that monitoring device revealed her unfaithfulness to me.

    “I have been paying the children’s school fees regularly till  date.

    “I no longer have any feelings for her,” Elijah said.

    NAN

  • Court dissolves marriage over battery

    Court dissolves marriage over battery

    Mr Ademola Odunade, the President of Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Friday put an end to a five-year-old marriage between Nafisat and her husband, Wasiu Balogun, citing wife battering and lack of care.

    Odunade held that the court cannot watch while Nafisat and Wasiu continue to live like rat and cat.

    “In the interest of peaceful co-existence, the union between Nafisat and Wasiu has ceased to be henceforth,” he said.

    The court awarded the custody of the four-year-old child of the union to Nafisat, while Wasu was ordered to pay a monthly feeding allowance of N5, 000 for the child.

    Odunade also directed that Wasiu should be responsible for his child’s education and welfare.

    Nafisat had told the court that her husband was slowly killing her through incessant battering and lack of care.

    “When I started living with Wasiu as a wife, I thought I could endure his lifestyle, but he kept threatening my life with constant beating.

    “In fact, it got to a point when our landlord in Ijebu personally contacted my parents to come and take me away from the dangerous claws of Wasiu because my life was in danger,” she said.

    She added:“It is as if Wasiu’s heart is made of stone, he cannot change, we are no longer compatible.

    “My Lord, Wasiu also destroyed my working tools in addition to stealing a cash sum of N10,000 which I kept in the room.”

    She, therefore, pleaded with the court to dissolve the marriage.

    In his response, Wasiu, who did not object to the divorce suit, however, denied the allegations leveled against him by Nafisat.

    Wasiu, a commercial driver, told the court that Nafisat is a devil in disguise, who did not wish him well.

    “My Lord, since Nafisat came into my life as a wife, it has been misfortune galore for me.

    “In fact, I was the one who enrolled her at another trade centre when we resettled in Ibadan from Ijebu.

    “To make her comfortable, I gave her N30, 000 to start a petty trade alongside the trade she was learning with the promise that I will give her more when situation of things improve,” he added.

    Wasiu also told the court that he was no longer interested in the marriage and urged the court to separate them.

    “I have no one to look up to, I will be very glad to have Nafisat and her mother exit my life, I will be free from their evil plots against me.”

  • ‘My husband is a drunkard, dissolve our union’

    ‘My husband is a drunkard, dissolve our union’

    Mr Ademola Odunade, the President of Mapo Customary Court, Ibadan, on Thursday, dissolved a 16 year-old union between Bunmi and her husband, Ayoola Makinwa, for drunkenness and irresponsibility.

    Odunade, in the course of his ruling, advised men and women to be very prayerful when they were about to enter into the marriage union in order not to fall into wrong hands.

    Narrating her ordeal, Bunmi, who earned her livelihood as a business woman, said her husband, Ayoola, was a drunkard as well as irresponsible.

    “Ayoola pays more attention to the consumption of beer than his responsibility as a father to his children and as my husband.

    “In fact, he is more of a curse to the children than a blessing because Ayoola has exposed us to hunger due to his inability to control his urge for beer.

    “I have had to park away from his home on a number of occasions due to the ill-treatment of the family, but my mother kept on advising me to endure with him.

    “Now, I am completely frustrated, I no longer love Ayoola; I have since left his home one and a half years ago,” Bunmi stated.

    Although, Ayoola turned down the divorce plea by his wife, he remained silent on all the allegations brought against him.

    “My lord, Bunmi has no spirit of endurance because anytime there is any minor disagreement between us, she parks out of the house but I still love her,” he pleaded.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the couple resides at Odinjo area of Ibadan and Ayoola works as a commercial motorcyclist.