A herbalist, Kasali Yinusa has pleaded with a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his nine year-old union to his estranged wife, Abosede on the grounds that her adulterous lifestyle was having negative effects on their daughter.
Yunusa, accused Abosede of being short tempered, fighting every now and then with people in the neighbourhood.
“I’m most unhappy with the high level of immorality Abosede has impacted on our only child. Since, Abosede and the child no longer stayed with me, I notice that the child exhibits some bad manners whenever she visits me.
“Abosede is extremely wasteful. “I stock her shop with goods, but when the sales are over, she squanders the profits,” he claimed.
As a result, the petitioner begged for custody of the children.
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However, Abosede declined to comment on the majority of the petitioner’s points of contention.
Abosede, a trader, pointed out that her husband was never a good father.
“He refused to pay our child’s school fees. In fact, that was the reason I began attending church, seeking divine intervention. He gets angry whenever my baby sings church hymns. My lord, whenever Yinusa extorts money from me and I’m unable to provide it, he beats me up.
“Also, I am the sixth wife in his home. He married another woman when I was three months pregnant,” ” Abosede stated.
Delivering judgment, the court’s President, Mrs S.M. Akintayo held that there was no marriage to be dissolved between Yinusa and Abosede because their union, initially, was not based on traditional laws.
”None of the parties stated that there was payment of bride price and giving of gifts, which are essential requirements before a traditional marriage can be considered as valid.
”The fact that a man and a woman lived together and had children, does not mean that they are married,” she held.
Akintayo granted custody of the seven-year-old child to Abosede because she was in a better position to cater for her.
The judge granted the order restraining the respondent from harassing, intimidating and interfering in the personal life of the petitioner henceforth.
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