AISHA ABUBAKAR
The Customary Court sitting in Bwari-Abuja, has finally dissolved the marriage between Mrs. A.O. Opeyemi and her husband, O.J. Ajadi, after the wife filed a suit seeking for the dissolution of their marriage because her husband was always unkempt and dirty.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the embattled Mrs. Opeyemi told the Court that she could no longer cope with her estranged husband’s dirtiness and as such wanted the marriage to be dissolved and offered to return the bride price to him before the Court.
In Suit number: FCT/CC/BWR/CV/2023, the petitioner, who resides in Bwari, further accused her husband of not being responsible for her wellbeing despite operating a business in Jos and he usually compared her with his late wife.
“I got married to the respondent in accordance with Yoruba native laws and custom of Yoruba people of Ondo State. The marriage was not blessed with any child.”
“He is not responsible for my well-being and financially responsible to the family,” the petitioner claimed.
The embittered woman further alleged that the respondent is not making her have a fulfilled life in terms of happiness and he is always unkempt and had stated several times that my being educated is a threat to his personality.”
“The respondent’s sister said being with their brother is not making him
support their family and consequently she asked for a divorce seeking for the order of the Court on the following:
An order of this Honourable Court to grant me divorce and divorce certificate.
“An order of this Honourable Court asking the respondent to collect back his dowry of N20, 000.
“And any further orders this Honorable court may deem fit to make in the
circumstances of this suits,” Opeyemi prayed.
Mr. Ajadi, in his written response to his wife’s Court process, told the three-man panel of the judges led by Honorable Uchenna Okwuonye that he understood the contents of his wife’s prayers and allegations. He asked the Court to grant her request.
“I have gone through the claims and I understand it. I am urging this Honorable Court to please grant all her (the petitioners’) prayers,” he stated in his response dated June 22, 2023.
In view of the agreement of the parties, Honorable Okwuonye granted the petitioner’s request for divorce and subsequently dissolved the marriage.