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  • Court dissolves 12-year-old marriage over lack of care

    Court dissolves 12-year-old marriage over lack of care

    An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Wednesday dissolved the 12-year-old marriage between Lekan Ajayi and his wife, Busayo, over lack of care, frequent fighting and desertion of matrimonial home for five years.

    In his judgment, President of the court, Mr Joseph Ogunsemi, said that the marriage had broken down irretrievably.

    “Both parties should go their separate ways and maintain the peace,’’ he said.

    Ogunsemi awarded custody of the first child to the petitioner (Lekan), while the second child was awarded to the respondent (Busayo).

    He ordered that the petitioner should pay N5, 000 monthly to the respondent for the upkeep of his child.

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    “The money should be paid to the registry of the court for onward delivery to the respondent,’’ he said.

    He granted unrestricted access to the children for both parties.

    Earlier, the petitioner, Lekan, 39, an automobile mechanic, told the court that his union with the respondent started in 2005 and she deserted him in 2012.

    He said that he has been the only one responsible for the education of his children since the respondent left him.

    Lekan said he was tired of the respondent unruly behaviour and her refusal to take correction.

    “She decided to pack out when she felt she could not abide with my instructions as the husband and father in the house,’’ he said.

    He appealed to the court to award the custody of the two children to him in order to enable him take good care of them.

    The petitioner urged the court ‎to dissolve the union for peace to reign in his life.

    The respondent, Busayo, 40‎, a cardigan weaver, denied the allegations made by her husband.

    She said it was the petitioner’s family that was partly responsible for their matrimonial crisis.

    Busayo said the petitioner’s life style also contributed to their problems, stressing that her husband was a drunkard.

    She urged the court to award the custody of her two children to her and demanded N15, 000 as monthly feeding allowances for the children.

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  • Court dissolves 14-year-old marriage for lack of care

    Court dissolves 14-year-old marriage for lack of care

    An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Tuesday dissolved the 14-year-old marriage between Funke and her husband, Samson Darmola of lack of care.

    The President of the Court, Mr Joseph Ogunsemi, dissolved the marriage following the petitioner’s testimony‎ and the refusal of the respondent to appear in court to defend himself.

    He awarded the custody of the three children, namely, Ayomide,14, Lekan, 8, and Timi Daramola,4, to the petitioner, while Adesola Daramola,11, was awarded to the respondent‎.

    Ogunsemi said that the respondent shall be paying N2,500 as monthly upkeep allowance for each of the three children awarded to the petitioner.

    He further ordered that payment of the money shall commence from Oct. 31 through the registry of the court.

    The court president also granted unrestricted access to both parties to visit the children in their custody.

    Funke Daramola, 39, a foodstuff trader and a resident of No. 23, Dalimore St. Ado-Ekiti, had earlier prayed the court to dissolve the marriage on grounds of desertion, lack of  love and care for her and the children.

    The petitioner testified that she deliberately left  the respondent’s house in April 2017 because she was suffering.

    She said that whenever the respondent had money, he would abandon her and her ‎four children for six months and at times one year without considering their welfare.

    Funke explained that ‎she has been the only one responsible for the education and feeding of the children.

    The mother of four children said the ‎respondent did not give her peace of mind  and often maltreated  her.

    The petitioner prayed the court to dissolve his marriage with the respondent ‎because she no longer love him.

    She further prayed the court to award the custody of his four children to her for proper care.

    Funke requested that the petitioner should be paying N2,500 as monthly feeding allowance for  each of the children.

    The mother of four children agreed that she and the respondent would be responsible for the education of the children.

    The respondent, Mr Samson Daramola, ‎a carpenter, refused to honour the court’s  summons thrice to defend himself .

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  • Wife seeks dissolution of marriage over frequent fighting

    Wife seeks dissolution of marriage over frequent fighting

    A 40-year-old woman, Mrs ‎Folake Omosanya, on Tuesday asked an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve the 10-year-old marriage between her and her husband, Mr Ojo Omosanya, 41.

    The petitioner sought the dissolution on grounds of frequent fighting, lack of care for her and the children and waywardness.

    Folake, a herbal‎ drink seller and a resident of No.32 Araromi St. Ikere-Ekiti, told the court that the respondent was a trouble maker.

    The mother of three children explained that the respondent ‎often beat her on trivial matters and very stubborn.

    The petitioner told the court that the respondent was wayward and often indulge in dishonest businesses.

    ‎Folake prayed the court to dissolve her marriage with the respondent to enable her take good care of her children.

    She further prayed the court to award the custody of the youngest child to her, while the other two children should be awarded to the respondent.

    The petitioner ‎assured the court that she would take care of the child’s school fees and welfare.

    Omosanya, a commercial driver and a resident of No.8, Moshood Road, Ikere-Ekiti, denied all the allegations levelled against him by the petitioner.

    He said the petitioner packed out of his house in 2013 without any reasonable excuse.
    Omosanya denied beating the petitioner and never a wayward person nor indulge in illegal businesses.

    The respondent prayed the court not to award custody of any of his children to the petitioner, because the ‎new husband of petitioner would maltreat his children.

    The respondent did not oppose dissolution of the marriage.

    The ‎President of the Court, Mr Joseph Ogunsemi, after hearing from both parties adjourned the case until Sept.29, for judgment.

    He ordered the respondent to bring the three children ‎to the court on the adjourned date, while the petitioner should bring all the clothes of the children on the same day.

  • Herbalist seeks dissolution of five-year-old marriage over adultery

    Herbalist seeks dissolution of five-year-old marriage over adultery

    A herbalist, Adekunmola Kayode, on Tuesday dragged his wife, Mojisola before an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court for alleged infidelity and asked the court to dissolve their five-year-old marriage.

    The petitioner, 50, who resides at No. 43, Nova Road, Oppopogbooro, Ado-Ekiti, told the court that the respondent was having extra marital affairs with different men.

    He accused Mojisola of having extra marital relationship with a traditional chief in Ado and another man in Ilawe.

    Kayode told the court that the respondent often insulted and embarrassed him in the public whenever they have  misunderstanding.

    The father of one child prayed the court to dissolve their marriage as he was no longer in love with Mojisola.

    He also urged the court to award the custody of the child to him for proper care and upbringing.

    The petitioner assured the court that his second wife would take good care of the child.

    The respondent, Mojisola, 37, a trader, denied the allegations levelled against her by the petitioner.

    She denied having extra marital affairs with any man, adding that the petitioner had not caught her with any man.

    Mojisola also denied allegation of insulting and embarrassing her husband in public.

    She said that the petitioner was simply giving her a bad name in order to sack her from her matrimonial home.

    She, however, asked the court to award the custody of the child to her if it decided to dissolve the marriage.

    According to her, the respondent will not take good care of the child if custody is awarded to him.

    “When the child ‎was sick some months ago, the petitioner did not pay attention and warned me not to bring the child to his house again,’’ she said.

    After hearing from both parties, the President of ‎the Court, Mr Joseph Ogunsemi adjourned the case until Sept.12, for judgment.

  • Wife’s serial adultery: Man seeks divorce in court

    Wife’s serial adultery: Man seeks divorce in court

    A  35-year-old man, Sunday Fatoba, on Tuesday urged an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve his 10-year-old union with his wife, Joke, on the grounds of adultery and lack of care for him.

    He also accused the wife of not caring for the children and for disrespecting him and his family.

    Fatoba, a resident of No. 17, Taiye Fasuba St., Ado-Ekiti, told the court that his wife had been sleeping with a man living at Odo-Ado, Ado-Ekiti.

    “The man’s wife came and warned my wife to leave her husband alone, alleging that the woman sleeps in their house anytime they went for a church vigil,” he said.

    The father of two said that he had caught her on many occasions and that he had reported her to their pastor, but failed to change.

    According to him, the wife had been raining curses on his mother over trivial issues and even for advising her.

    He, therefore, urged the court to dissolve the marriage and award the custody of the children of between ages five and eight (a boy and a girl) to him.

    But Joke, 23, who lives at Ureje area of Ado-Ekiti, told the court that she left her husband’s house about four years ago when he abandoned her.

    Joke said her love relationship with the new man started after she left her husband and urged the court to dissolve the marriage.

    She, however, pleaded with the court to award her the custody of the children.

    The President of the court, Mr Joseph Ogunsemi, after listening to both parties, adjourned the case until July 4 for judgment.

  • Court dissolves 10-year-old marriage over lack of care

    Court dissolves 10-year-old marriage over lack of care

    An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Tuesday dissolved the 10-year-old marriage between Mrs Oluwatosin Omosehin and her husband, Taiwo.

    The marriage was dissolved on grounds of lack of care for the wife and the children.
    Oluwatosin, 39, who filed the divorce suit, had told the court that he was not formally married to Taiwo.‎
    she said that they cohabited and had two children in the course of their relationship.

    The mother of two said that her husband who worked with the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, never bothered to take care of her and the children, adding that she was responsible for the payment of the children’s school fees.

    According to her, as a fashion designer, she has been taking care of the children’s welfare, adding that she no longer loved her husband and that she was eager to re-marry.
    She urged ‎the court to award her custody of the two male children, Pelumi, 10, and Oluwapamilerin, 6.

    The respondent, Taiwo, had repeatedly refused to honour court summons to defend himself.

    The judge, Mr Joseph Ogunsemi, said that the marriage had broken down irretrievably and consequently‎ dissolved the union and awarded custody of the two children to the petitioner.

    He ordered that they should be jointly responsible for the children’s education.

    He also ordered that Taiwo should be paying N5, 000 for each of the children’s feeding allowance.

  • Court dissolves 15-year-old marriage due to lack of care

    An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Friday dissolved 15-year-old marriage between Mrs Olayinka Akinluyi and her husband, Oni.

     Mrs Olayinka, the petitioner, asked that the marriage be dissolved on the grounds of desertion and the lack of care.

    The petitioner told the court that when she met the respondent, he promised to marry her but after she gave birth to a child, the respondent absconded from the house for 15 years without bothering about her welfare and the child.

    Olayinka said that the respondent refused to pay for the feeding allowance, as well as the education of the child for the past years.

    She prayed the court to compel the respondent to be paying N50,000 monthly as feeding allowance because she had been the only one taking care of the child.

    She also prayed the court ‎to award the custody of the child to her to enable her to take proper care him.

    However, the respondent, 55, and a public servant, refuted all the allegations against him, saying he never deserted the ‎petitioner.

    He also said that he was paying N5,000 as feeding allowance of the child to the social welfare board until 2016 when he decided to stop paying.

    He explained that he did not pay the dowry or perform any marriage rites on the petitioner because they did not have any agreement to become husband and wife.

    Oni also told the court that he stopped the payment of the child’s feeding allowance because he took the child from the mother and awarded his custody to his elder sister for proper care.

    He said “I took the boy from his mother and asked my elder sister to be taking care of him but all of a sudden the mother visited my elder sister ‎with annoyance and demanded to take her child.

    “My sister had to release the child to his mother, that was why I stopped paying the feeding allowance of the child.”

    Oni prayed the court to award the custody of the child to the petitioner for proper upbringing and care.

    He also agreed that the marriage be dissolved but promised to be paying N5,000 as monthly feeding allowance of the child.

    He agreed to also pay the school fees of the child to all levels.

    The President of the Court, Mr Joseph Ogunsemi after hearing from both parties, observed that the marriage had broken down irretrievably and consequently dissolved the marriage.

    He awarded the custody of the only child to the petitioner‎ and ordered the respondent to be paying N5,000 monthly feeding allowance of the child with effect from March 2017.

    He said the money should be paid through the registrar of the court and granted unrestricted access to the respondent to his child.

  • Ekiti: Trader prostrates in court to escape imprisonment

    There was drama at the Ado Ekiti Customary Court on Tuesday when a trader, Odims Frank, escaped imprisonment for contempt of court.

    Frank, who filed a petition at the court against Adenike Aarin, walked out on the court when proceedings had not been concluded.

    His behaviour incurred the wrath of court president, Joseph Ogunsemi, who ordered the police officer attached to the court to go out and arrest the petitioner.

    When Frank realized the gravity of the offence he committed, he first went on his knees before he lied down flat on his belly, pleading for mercy from the court president.

    Counsel to the defendant, Miss E.E. Iseh, had earlier asked for a new date to apply for records of proceedings of the last sitting to enable her cross-examine the petitioner.

    The rude behaviour of Frank who told the court that he is a trader at New Garage, Ado Ekiti, drew the ire of the magistrate who upbraided him for his contemptuous action.

    Ogunsemi said: “Is this the way you behave to your customers?  This is a court of law, it is not a marketplace and you must comport yourself well in the court and not do what you like in the market.

    “You are warned for the last time or have you taken ‘kain-kain’ this morning.”

    Frank replied: “My lord, I am very sorry sir, please have mercy on me, I am very sorry. I will never do that again, I respect this court, kindly pardon me my lord.”

    Ogunsemi concluded: “Don’t repeat that again, rudeness to a judge is rudeness to all judges and magistrates in Nigeria.

    “If you do that again, that will be counted against you and the consequences will be terrible for you, you are pardoned.”

    The court president subsequently adjourned the case to August 31 for further hearing.