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  • ‘My husband beat me up for voting in 2015 poll in Ekiti’

    ‘My husband beat me up for voting in 2015 poll in Ekiti’

    A housewife, Folasade Fatunla, on Thursday told an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court that her husband, Gbenga, beat and stabbed her after she went to cast her vote in the 2015 Ekiti governorship election.

    Folashade, 32, who made this known when she testified in her divorce petition, said that her husband stabbed her in the hand with a broken bottle.

    “My husband accused me of leaving the children at home without his knowledge,” she said.

    She begged the court to dissolve her 12-year-old marriage to Gbenga for alleged battery, threat to life and lack of care for her and the children.

    Folasade, a trader and resident of Igirigiri St. Ado-Ekiti, told the court that she packed out of the respondent’s house a year ago when he attempted to kill her.

    She said the petitioner did not pay her dowry, adding that their co-habitation as husband and wife for the past 12 years had produced two children.

    The petitioner said whenever the respondent was drunk and she queried him for behaving in such manner, the respondent would beat her mercilessly.

    Folasade said the respondent often threatened ‎to kill her whenever they had any misunderstanding.

    She said the respondent did not care about the feeding, welfare and education of her two children but preferred to leave the house in morning and come home at midnight.

    The petitioner urged the court to dissolve the marriage to enable her have peace of mind to enjoy the fruit of her labour.

    She requested that the respondent should be paying N10,000 as monthly feeding allowance of the two children and he should also be responsible for their education at all levels.

    The President of ‎the court, Mrs Olayinka Akomolede, after hearing the testimony of the petitioner, adjourned the case to Feb. 28, for further hearing.

    She ordered the petitioner and the respondent to bring their witnesses on the adjourned date.

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  • Court dissolves 3-year-old marriage over frequent fighting

    An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Friday dissolved the three-year-old marriage between Mr Mayowa Ogunrinde and his wife, Busayo, over frequent fighting and disrespect for in-laws.
    The petitioner, Ogunrinde, 35, a civil servant, also told the court that his wife has no respect for him.

    “ Most of the time, I do all the domestic chores while my wife will always watch me.’’

    The petitioner told the court that the respondent was fond of slapping him whenever there was a misunderstanding between both of them.

    He claimed that though he fulfilled all his financial responsibilities as a husband, he always went hungry, as his wife would never fulfill her duties in the kitchen.

    The petitioner pleaded with the court to grant his application for dissolution of his 3-year-old marriage to Busayo, to enable him enjoy peace of mind.

    He prayed the court to award the custody of their daughter to Busayo, but with a clause that he would take custody once she turned six years.

    One of the petitioner’s witnesses, Mrs Mary Oluyemi, 60, told the court that she, on several occasions tried to settle the dispute between the petitioner and the respondent without any success.

    Busayo, severally served with court summons was absent in court.

    President of the court, Mr Joseph Ogunsemi, after listening to the petitioner and his witnesses, said that the marriage had broken down irretrievably and consequently dissolved the marriage.

    ‎He awarded the custody of the only child of the marriage to the respondent for proper care until the child turns six years.

    Ogunsemi also ordered the petitioner to be paying N2,000 as monthly feeding allowance of the child‎ through the court’s registrar, effective from May,2017 for onward delivery to the respondent.

    He ruled that the petitioner would be responsible for the education of the child at all levels, besides medical bills.

    The president granted the petitioner unrestricted ‎access to the child‎.

  • Husband seeks dissolution of 6-year-old marriage over adultery

    A husband, Mr Fatai Badmus on Tuesday approached an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to seek the dissolution of his 6-year-old marriage to his wife, Sade on allegations of adultery.

    Fatai, 35, an Artisan, told the court that his wife was  adulterous, do not care for him and the children, and there was no more love between them.

    He told the court that whenever the respondent leaves the house for the restaurant where she works as a caterer, she always return home by midnight.

    The husband said the wife had often complained that her boss was the one delaying her because of so many customers patronising the restaurant.

    The petitioner said on a particular night, he caught the respondent with a motorcyclist behind a trailer along the street.

    ‎The father of two, told the court that that wife had told him she was going out to buy recharge card, and unknown to her, he traced her to the point where her secret lover was waiting for her.

    The petitioner said he did not confronted her or the man, but uses the incident to react harshly to her at home.

    Fatai said the respondent never acknowledged him as her husband and she was fond of receiving men’s phone calls while she was on the bed with him.

    He also accused the wife of deliberately denying him sex for over six months.

    Fatai also told the court that once the respondent leaves the house in the morning, she won’t bother to come home to prepare lunch or dinner for the children.

    “I often cook food for my children when my wife is not at home; she was fond of abandoning her matrimonial home and travel with men.

    “On Valentine’s Day, my wife left the house around 8 am and came back 11 pm and sometimes she ‎will not even bother about the health of her children.

    “I can no longer tolerate all her indecent behaviours and I do not love her anymore because she was fond of wearing provocative clothes to attract men.

    “I have two witnesses which are my parents ‎that can testify to my claims before this honourable court,” he said.

    Fatai, therefore, urged the court to dissolve the marriage and award him custody of their two children.

    The two witnesses of the petitioner, Alhaji Rahmo Badmus, 68 and Alhaja Mariam Badmus 65, testified to the claims of the petitioner that the respondent was fond of abandoning her children and coming late to the house.

    They told the court that she was also fond of wearing provocative clothes which was contrary to the doctrine of Islam.

    The respondent, Mrs Sade Badmus, however, refuted the entire allegation levelled against her by the petitioner.

    She denied having secret affairs with men or coming home late.

    She said the petitioner often accused her of having secret affairs whenever she comes late from her place of work around 8 pm.

    ‎Sade further told the court that whenever she wants to travel, she normally informed the petitioner, who usually approve of the journey.

    She also denied wearing provocative clothes as claimed by the petitioner and his parents.

    Sade told the court that she has two witnesses who could testify that her children’s welfare was always her priority.

    The pleaded with the court not to dissolve the marriage, but added that if the petitioner insists on dissolution, she wanted the court to grant her the custody of her two children.

    The President of the Court, Mrs Olayinka Akomolede after hearing from both parties, adjourned the case till May 18, for further hearing.

     

  • Court dissolves 35-yr-old marriage over frequent beatings

    An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Thursday dissolved the 35-year-old marriage between one Florence Oludare and her husband, Ojo.

    The petitioner, Florence, had approached the court for the dissolution of the union on the grounds of frequent beatings, threat to life and lack of care for their children.

    The 50-year-old trader and labourer told the court that her husband often beat her whenever she comes home late from the market or construction sites.

    She said the respondent, who was often drunk, was also not providing food, care and education for the children.

    The petitioner and mother of five said the apathy to the children’s education had negatively impacted on them

    She told the court that two of their daughters were impregnated while sleeping in other people’s homes.

    The petitioner appealed to the court to dissolve her 35-year-old marriage with her husband as she could no longer cope with his attitude.

    But the respondent, who is a retired transport driver, denied all the allegations levelled against him by his wife.

    The 75-year-old admitted fighting with his wife but added that he last gave her a beating 20 years ago.

    Ojo accused his wife of adultery while working as a labourer on a construction site in Akure.

    The respondent said inspite of  warning his wife  against a particular lover who she claimed was her employer, she still went ahead to marry the man and had been living together in the last eight years.

    He agreed that the union should be dissolved.

    One of the witnesses and daughter of the respo‎ndent claimed that her mother was lying.

    She said while her parents were to blame in the crisis that had dogged the marriage,  the couple’s daughter  said their father had been taking care of them while he was healthy.

    The daughter of the couple, however, appealed to the court to dissolve the marriage to enable her father have peace  of mind.

    The President of the court, Mrs Olayinka Akomolede, after hearing from both parties, observed that the union had broken down irretrievably and consequently dissolved the ‎marriage.

    She ruled that the last child of the couple, a 15-year- old, should continue to stay with the ‎respondent.

    Akomolede ordered that the respondent should grant the petitioner access to the child while she   must notify him before visiting the child.

  • Court dissolves 9-year-old marriage for lack of affection

    An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Friday dissolved a nine-year-old marriage between Adeniyi Eiyebiokin and his wife, Adeola, for lack of affection, love and respect for parents.

    Eiyebiokin, 31, an artist, told the court that Adeola had no respect for his parents and often quarrel with his mother.

    The father of one, said he was tired of the union because he could no longer  leave under the same roof with a woman that he had no affection and love.

    He appealed to the court to dissolve his marriage to Adeola to enable him have peace of mind and free from incessant quarrel with his mother.

    He further appealed to the court to award the custody of his eight year old child to ‎him for proper upbringing.

    Adeola, 29, a fashion designer, admitted all the allegation and said that the petitioner ‎sent her packing in 2009.

    She said that she had a quarrel with his mother and took her child into his custody at the age of one year and one month then.

    Adeola told the court that since the incident occurred in 2009, they had both lived separately.

    The respondent, therefore, urged the court to dissolve the union because she was no longer interested in the marriage.

    She, however, appealed to the court to order the petitioner to pay the feeding and education of his child.

    The respondent also prayed the court to award the child in the custody of the petitioner’s mother‎ to her for proper care.

    The President of the court, Mr Joseph Ogunsemi‎, in his judgment observed that the marriage had broken down irretrievably and consequently dissolved the marriage.

    He awarded custody of the child to the petitioner’s mother‎ for proper upkeep and upbringing.

    Ogunsemi ordered the ‎petitioner to be responsible for the feeding and education of the child at all levels.

    He, however, ruled that respondent should have unrestricted access to the ‎child.

  • Court dissolves 15 years marriage over adultery

    Court dissolves 15 years marriage over adultery

    An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Wednesday dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between Temilade Bukola and her husband, Adeniyi, for adultery and lack of care for their only child.

    The President of the court, Mrs Olayinka Akomolede, observed that the marriage had broken down irretrievably and consequently dissolved it.

    ‎Akomolede awarded the custody of the child to the petitioner, and said the husband should be responsible for his education at all level.

    She ordered the husband to pay a monthly upkeep allowance of N6, 000 for the child‎.

    The court, however, granted access to the husband to see his child without any molestation.

    Bukola, 34, a resident of No 13, Olabedo Quarters, Ilawe-Ekiti, said she left her matrimonial home because her husband had started the process of marrying another woman.

    She said her husband once beat her and she fainted, adding that the matter was reported to the police but their pastor intervened and it was resolved.

    The mother of one said her husband was a womaniser and that she had met him with another woman in one occasion.

    The petitioner said they used to pay the child’s school fees together but her husband stopped doing that three years ago.

    She, therefore, urged the court to dissolve the marriage and award her the custody of her child, Blessing, 15.

    But the respondent, Adeniyi, 40, a resident of Abekoko Street, Obasanjo Lane, Ikere-Ekiti, accused the wife of attempting to abort his pregnancy.

    Adeniyi also accused the wife of dating another man, adding that that was the source of their fight.

    He said that she left her matrimonial home to stay with her lover, and refused his plea to resolve the matter.

    He, therefore, prayed the court to grant him the custody of the child since both of them had remarried.