Court Dissolves 10-Year Marriage Over Wife’s Stealing Habit, Adultery

An Igando Customary Courtroom in Lagos on Thursday dissolved a 10-year-old marriage after a 45-year-old businessman, Mr Mutiu Bamgbose, accused his wife, Aliyah, of stealing.

Mutiu, in his assertion to the court docket docket, talked about, “My wife is a thief; she is not on a regular basis glad with regardless of I give to her; she retains stealing my money at will.

“Primarily essentially the most painful incident was when she stole my N3m and squandered it. As a consequence of her conduct, I started conserving my money throughout the ceiling, nevertheless that didn’t stop her.

“As soon as I could no longer condone it, I opened a checking account and she or he grew to turn into offended, making life miserable for me.

“It is obvious that my wife doesn’t love me; she is solely after my money.”

The embattled man moreover accused his wife of adultery.

“She started having affairs with a married man in our neighborhood. I approached the individual and warned him severely to keep away from my wife,” he added.

The petitioner further talked about his wife abandoned their matrimonial residence and took away all his belongings.

He talked about, “Aliyah is fetish; there was a day I opened her bag and observed charms. I took it to my family head and she or he was summoned; nevertheless she could not make clear how she acquired the charms.”

The President of the court docket docket, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, held that it was obvious from obtainable testimony and the respondent’s refusal to look in court docket docket that the marriage had hit the rocks.

“All by the size of this case, the respondent refused to honour court docket docket processes no matter being served quite a few events.

“As a consequence of this reality, the court docket docket has no totally different choice than to dissolve the marriage. The court docket docket hereby pronounces the marriage between Mr Mutiu and Mrs Aliyah Bamgbose dissolved for the time being.

“Henceforth, every of you cease to be husband and wife.

“Each of you’ll want to go your separate strategies unmolested; the court docket docket wants every of you properly in your future endeavours,” Koledoye talked about.

The court docket docket gave custody of their twin girls to the respondent and ordered Mutiu to pay N10,000 month-to-month for his or her feeding, whereas their male child was given to the petitioner.