An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Monday dissolved a 28-year-old marriage between Mr Imoleayo Sunday and his wife, Funmise. The marriage was dissolved on grounds of frequent fighting and adultery.
Sunday, 51, a resident of Omolayo behind Queen’s Court, Ado-Ekiti, told the court that they use to fight over the way his wife spend their daughter’s school fees.
The father of two said whenever he gives his wife their children’s school fee, she will not pay the money, which affected their first son academically.
He said whenever they have crisis, his wife would tear his clothes and destroy his properties.
He told the court that his wife was an adulterous woman, saying that she aborted a pregnancy for one of her concubines.
The plaintiff said that his wife made the confession to him and her mother when she fell sick.
He said that the man had been to his workshop to pick his wife, and sometimes came with his colleagues to threaten him.
“There was a day we were discussing on an issue, suddenly a car came to pick her by my side and she left me alone," he said.
Sunday said he was not happy that his first son refuses to be educated, stating that his mother was his problem. He prayed the court to award him the custody of the female child.
However, their 15-year-old daughter told the court that she does not want her parents to divorce as it would affect them. She said her mum told her about the divorce and said she should put her mind at rest.
On her part, 45yrs old Funmise urged the court to award her the custody of her daughter.
The President of the court, Joseph Ogunsemi, observed that the marriage had broken down irretrievably and consequently dissolved the marriage.
He ruled that the custody of their daughter, Imoleayo Boluwatife, 15, should be awarded to the wife, while their son Imoleayo Olaoluwa (27) can decide on his own.
Ogunsemi also ruled that the husband should be paying N4,000 monthly on the girl's feeding allowance.
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