Court dissolves 13-year-old-marriage over threat to life
(Nigeria) An Ile-Ife Customary Court in Osun State on Thursday
dissolved a 13-year-old marriage between Adijat and Dauda Tijani over threat to
life and desertion.
Adijat had dragged her husband to court on September 9, for
abandoning her and their four children without care for the past two years.
She also accused her husband of threatening her life,
uncooperative attitude, constant fighting and the lack of care to the four
children which she named as Sherif: 11, Fatia,: 8, Latif: 4 and Suliyat: 1.
Tijani accepted the allegation against him, saying the wife
was troublesome and always in the mood to fight.He said ``I did not enjoy
myself throughout our stay together.’’
The President of the court, Mr Gani Awoyera, dissolved the
union after all efforts to settle the dispute became fruitless.
Awoyera ordered that the children be shared equally to stay
with both plaintiff and the defendant with proper and adequate care given by
both.
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