In Ado-Ekiti Court dissolves 8-yr-old marriage over irreconcilable differences

In Ado-Ekiti
Court dissolves 8-yr-old
marriage over
irreconcilable differences

The President of the court, Mrs Olayinka
Akomolede, who listened to both parties,
dissolved the marriage, saying it had broken
down irretrievably.

An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Tuesday
dissolved the eight-year-old marriage
between one Rasak Bello and his wife,
Aminat,  over irreconcilable differences.
The President of the court, Mrs Olayinka
Akomolede, who listened to both parties,
dissolved the marriage, saying it had broken
down irretrievably.

The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that
the union was dissolved on the grounds
of lack of care for the petitioner and children,
mismanagement of his business, fetishism,
infidelity, stubbornness and frequent fighting.

The petitioner, Mr Rasak Bello, 43, a
businessman, and a resident of No.7, Basiri
Street, Ado-Ekiti, had earlier told the court
that he had known the respondent for eight
years and they conducted a traditional
marriage.

According to him, the marriage was later
blessed with three children–Abideen, Idayyat
and Mubarak– aged seven, four and one
respectively.
The petitioner, however, expressed regrets over
his marriage with the respondent, saying she
does not cook for him neither does she take
care of the children.

The father of three told the court that when
the respondent refused to perform her duties,
he employed a housemaid to cook for him.
He, however, said the respondent often beat
the house maid mercilessly.
Rasak also alleged that the respondent
contributed to the collapse of his rice business
because she was selling on credit to friends
and siblings.

The petitioner further said that the
respondent was fetish, alleging that she
often brought a native doctor and clergyman
to his apartment without his consent and in
spite of the fact that she is a Muslim.
He said the respondent later confessed to him
that the pastor caused the petitioner’s former
wife to pack out of the house.

Rasak said the respondent underwent a
“family planning” without his approval, adding
that he had to take her to the hospital for
proper treatment after she experienced some
complications.

He also told the court that the respondent
often received love messages from men whom
she claimed were her ex-boyfriends.

The petitioner prayed to the court to dissolve
his marriage with the respondent and award
the custody of his three children to him for the
sake of their future.

The respondent and 29-year-old trader from
Ughele in Delta, however, denied all the
allegations levelled against her by the
petitioner.

She blamed the mismanagement of the rice
business on the calibre of sales girls that the
petitioner employed.

Aminat also denied the allegations of
fetishism, adding that she did not bring any
native doctor or pastor to their matrimonial
home.

She, however, admitted smacking the
housemaid because she was rude and refused
to take corrections.
The respondent explained that the maid was
fond of indecent dressing and had always
refused to change.

Aminat consented to the request by the
petitioner that the marriage be dissolved.
Akomolede, in her ruling, ordered that the
petitioner be given custody of the two eldest
children while the youngest remains in the
custody of the respondent until he attained the
age of six.

The president also added that the respondent
should release him to the petitioner for proper
care and monitoring once he is six years.

Akomolede ordered the petitioner to be paying
N4,000 to the respondent as monthly upkeep
allowance for the youngest child.
She also ruled that the petitioner should be
responsible for the education of the three
children at all levels.

The magistrate further ruled that both parties
should have unrestricted access to the
children in their custody.

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