An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Tuesday dissolved 16-year-old marriage
between Bosede Olowookere and her husband, Sola Olowookere.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Bosede sought the
dissolution of the marriage for lack of care for her and the child as well as
lack of respect for the in-laws.
She told the court that the respondent had failed to take good
care of her and her daughter’s welfare and education.
Bosede, 34, a worker in a private school, said that the
respondent had also failed to carry his fatherly responsibilities to his
daughter.
She appealed to the court to dissolve her marriage to enable her
gain her freedom from her troublesome husband.
The mother of one prayed the court to award the custody of the
child to her because “the respondent does not have the time to take care of the
child”.
She prayed the court to compel the respondent to be paying N10,
000 as monthly feeding allowance for the child.
Bosede agreed to joint payment of the child’s school fees with
the respondent.
The petitioner told the court that the respondent was free to
visit his daughter whenever he wanted to do so.
The respondent, Olowookere, 44, a commercial driver, said all
the allegations leveled against him by the petitioner were true.
He told the court that he deliberately decided not to take care
of the petitioner because of her bad attitude.
Olowokere said he did not want to have anything to do with the
petitioner again because she had remarried another man.
The father of one child told the court that he would be taking
care of his child’s welfare and education at all levels.
The respondent told the court that he would be giving the child
feeding allowance and food stuffs every weekend.
He prayed the court to dissolve their marriage to enable him
have rest of mind.
The Court President, Mr Joseph Ogunsemi, observed that the
marriage had broken down irretrievably and consequently dissolved the marriage.
He ruled that the custody of the only child of the couple be
awarded to the petitioner for proper care.
Ogunsemi ordered the petitioner to be giving the child N1, 000
and foodstuffs on every Saturday.
He also ruled that the respondent would be responsible for the
education of his child at all levels.
The court president said that the respondents should have an unrestricted
access to the child.
(NAN)
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