A mother-of-six has asked the Court of Appeal in Benin City to void an order which her estranged husband relied on to evict her from her matrimonial home.
Mrs. Agnes Ikpea, 64, who has six adult children with her estranged husband, Chief Leemon Ikpea, was thrown out of their home in Banana Island, Lagos.
Her estranged husband, Chief Ikpea had filed a petition at the Edo State High Court in Benin in which he sought the dissolution of his marriage of 39 years to Agnes. Along with the petition, Chief Ikpea also filed an ex-parte application asking the court to order his wife to vacate the matrimonial home in Banana Island.
Justice Acha had refused Mrs Ikpea’s application to transfer the case to Lagos on the premise that both parties reside in the state.
On February 17, 2021, Justice J. I. Acha granted the husband's application.
The judge, however, directed the petitioner to provide suitable accommodation for his wife around the Island.
The judge ruled: "It is hereby ordered that petitioner should provide a suitable apartment by way of accommodation within Victoria Island, Lekki axis or anywhere convenient within Lagos outside Banana Island, Ikoyi, Lagos forthwith."
Following the ruling, Mrs. Ikpea’s lawyers filed an appeal, which they served to Chief Ikpea and his lawyers in Benin.
Agnes’ counsel, while faulting the order of the high court said: "Ordering the respondent to vacate her matrimonial home during the pendency of divorce proceedings has the effect of determining the divorce case prematurely."
They also applied for a stay of execution of the order and an injunction restraining Chief Ikpea from carrying out the order pending the hearing of her appeal.
However, Mrs Ikpea alleged that her husband disregarded the appeal and the motion for stay of execution and went ahead to throw her out. She said that with the help of some hefty men, her husband threw her out bare-footed without providing her with any suitable alternative accommodation as ordered by the court.
I am married and I know how painful things like this looks when we read news like this.
Majority of Women these days are so Satanic and evil that Satan dey learn work were Dem dey.
In issues like this I will wait till I hear from the man that's if he's alive. I am married and I know women of this age are very extremely Wicked.
They will be the one to put the house on fire and they will be the one to come outside to cry that the man wants to burn them alive.
I don't trust any of them. I will wait till I hear from the man.
We should stop being sentimental when we hear one sided story as such. Nobody will come out to the public to tell a story that will be against him or her. They will always tell it in such a way they will draw alot of sympathy because they know how Gullible Nigerians are.
mysportdab: Here is the moment Nigerian footballer Odion Ighalo and his fellow Al Shabab teammates celebrated their win after a match with Davido's song.
Ighalo scored twice for Al Al Shabab in the match against Damak.
He gave his team the team in the 12th minute after an assist from Abdullah Al Zoari.
Ighalo has now scored three goals in five league matches for Al Shabab.
After the match, Ighalo and his teammates celebrated the match win in the dressing room by dancing to a song by Davido.
heendrix: No Tribalism intended but Ipob snacks sellers are always like that, I remember on two occasion how I tried getting egg roll with no egg and the other pie but found just pepper inside
No offense we know UNA love Pepper too much that's why they custom made for you a Meat pie with only red pepper
Kayzy8: Tboss and her sister are not staying silent following reports BBNaija reality star Ka3na has trademarked the nickname, Boss Lady.
Ka3na, who contested in the last Big Brother Naija show, went online to tell her fans to address her with respect as she has officially trademarked "Boss Lady".
This didn't go down well with Tboss, who also used the name Boss Lady when she contested in the second edition of the Big Brother Naija reality show.
Don't try this in NIGERIA. Remember there was a time in NIGERIA that all borders were closed and we were still doing our businesses in Ghana, Cameroon and Togo!