A 31-year-old man, Joseph Idowu, on
Thursday divorced his wife, Omolara,
for insulting his landlord.
Mr. Idowu had filed a suit before an
Ikole Customary Court in Ekiti on
August 31, seeking the dissolution of
his five years old “mere association,”
blessed with two children.
The plaintiff told the court that Mrs.
Idowu insulted their landlord as the
landlord was trying to settle a
dispute between the couple. She later
moved out of their home because she
was annoyed at being corrected, he
claimed.
The woman, who denied the
allegation, gave her evidence on oath
to the effect that she did not insult
their landlord.
She accused her husband of
conniving with the landlord to divorce
her based on flimsy excuses, so that
Mr. Idowu could get another wife.
Mrs. Idowu stated that she packed
out of their home because of her
husband’s habit of beating her, and
to escape being killed.
She, however, consented to the
divorce and prayed for the custody of
her second child who was a year and
nine months old.
The president of the court, Yemisi
Ojo, dissolved the marriage.
She upheld the prayer of the
defendant on the custody of the
second child and ordered both parties
to be jointly responsible for the care,
maintenance, support and education
of the child.
She, however, ordered that the
plaintiff should single-handedly cater
for the need of the first child in his
custody.
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Ogaganoo, rate of divorce in awa society this days is annoying, I implore churches (christian faithfuls) to encourage their people to marry as much as they can to stop this menace. 1st to comment again?