Asiata Oladejo, an Ibadan-based businesswoman has asked a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to grant her divorce on grounds that her estranged husband, Abidemi, was undependable and abandoned her to the mercy of armed robbers.<\/p>\n
The submission was made on Wednesday by Oladejo in her counter argument in the divorce suit filed by her husband.<\/p>\n
\u201dMy Lord, I am yet to recover from the shock I experienced when a gang of thieves raided our house.<\/p>\n
\u201dHe hid in the toilet, leaving me to pant in front of the armed robbers, who terrorised the entire residents of the house. \u201cMy lord, when the thieves arrived at around 1am. on that night, my husband was nowhere to be found to defend the children and I.<\/p>\n
\u201cUnknown to me, he hid in the toilet. He only came out when they had gone. My husband wanted us to continue living in that house,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
She said that she begged him to rent another apartment, but he refused. She accused him of being a habitual womaniser.<\/p>\n
Abidemi, who is a fashion designer, earlier said that his wife was ill-tempered. \u201dShe comes to my shop unannounced to torment me.<\/p>\n
\u201dIt is true that I hid in the toilet when armed robbers attacked our house. All the attempts made to bring her back home failed, because she said she was unnecessarily scared,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He prayed the court to grant him custody of the three children because he had been a responsible father.<\/p>\n
Delivering judgment, the President of the Court, Mrs S. M. Akintayo, granted the order restraining Oladejo from threatening, harassing and interfering in the private life of Abidemi.<\/p>\n
Akintayo granted custody of the three children to Oladejo, adding that she was in the best position to cater for them.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth petitioner and respondent shall be responsible for the education and other welfare of the children.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn addition, Abidemi shall pay a monthly feeding allowance of N20,000 for the children\u2019s upkeep. \u201cBoth of you must maintain peace and order,\u201d Akintayo held.<\/p>\n
She, however, noted that there was no marriage to dissolve between the couple, because their union could not be considered as a marriage.<\/p>\n
Akintayo added that the marriage was not in accordance with laid down customary laws of Nigeria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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