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Before a decision was made on her five-year-old marriage on Wednesday, an estranged wife, Mautin, stunned the court as she revealed that she did not know that her husband had two wives and six children before marrying him. “I was seven months pregnant when I discovered that my husband already had two wives and six children which he hid from …

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A 53-year-old Festus Ajetunmobi, on Tuesday, asked a Badagry Customary Court in Lagos State to dissolve his 20-year marriage to his wife, Titilayo, alleging that she destroys his property. The petitioner told the court that he was no longer interested in the marriage because of her alleged habitual destruction of household property during misunderstandings. He said that he wanted to …

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A 35- year- old woman, Remilekun Familusi, on Friday, prayed an Abeokuta Customary Court to dissolve her five-year marriage to husband Olayinka, over his alleged stealing habit. She told the court that their five-year marriage was blessed with one child. Remilekun alleged that her estranged husband was a thief, fraudster and had always been declared wanted by the people he stole from. …

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A divorce seeking wife has accused her husband of employing an Islamic preacher to have sex with her for money-making ritual purposes. The woman, Musilimotu Olashuyi, 48, claimed that she introduced her husband, Gbenga Olashuyi, 55, to the unnamed Alfa because she used to frequent his mosque for prayers. She said at some point, the Alfa noticed that Olashuyi’s business wasn’t …

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An Igando Customary Court in Lagos State on Monday terminated a 25-year marriage, following persistent pleas of the estranged wife that she would go no further in the relationship. Petitioner, Blessing Adeosun, got her wish to end the union, describing her pastor husband as a “deadbeat who is not good in anything.” Blessing, 49, had approached the court for the …

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A 41-year-old pastor, Oluwasanjo Eniola, has asked a Grade C Customary Court, Inanlende, Ibadan, to dissolve his marriage to his wife, Basirat, over her alleged resentment to his pastoral call. Eniola, on Tuesday urged the court to grant his prayers for dissolution of his 20-year marriage to Basirat to enable him to be free from his wife who’s not supportive. …

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A commercial driver, Laisi Ajibade, on Wednesday asked an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve his 22-year-old marriage over threats by his wife, Folake, to cut off his manhood. Ajibade, 48, also accused Folake of dishonesty and desertion. According to him, Folake almost cut off his manhood when they went to bed on Nov. 7, 2017. “She threatens to kill me …

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A 36-year-old petty trader, Mrs Elizabeth Shofunde, who claimed that her husband impregnated another woman, on Monday prayed an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve her marriage. Shofunde told the court that her husband, Babatunde, abandoned his matrimonial home to live with the woman. The mother of three submitted that she was fed up with the 11-year union because …

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The Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, on Friday dissolved a 21-year-old between one Idowu Iyanda and his wife Florence over the wife’s infidelity and alcoholism. Mr Ademola Odunade, President of the court ruled that the marriage was dissolved due to irreconcilable differences between the couple. “When wives refuse to keep to dos and don’ts binding a union, the result is …

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An Aba-la-Ohazu Customary Court in Aba South Local Government Area of Abia has dissolved the marriage between one Emeka Awujuo and his wife Chinyere on grounds of accusation of extra-marital affairs and fighting. Emeka, the petitioner, told the court that his wife had caused him much agony and pain by calling him an outcast (Osu) and fighting him regularly since …

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