AISHA ABUBAKAR
The 15-year old marriage between Majeed Suleiman and his wife, Ganiyat Suleiman, has collapsed on the request of the husband over alleged adultery in Kwara State.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that an Area Court at Center-Igboro, Ilorin, Kwara State, presided over by the judge, AbdulKadir Ahmed, has dissolved the marriage having listened to the two parties.
The Court noted that there was frustration in the attitude of the petitioner while the respondent showed a nonchalant attitude towards the marriage.
“Divorce is not something to hurriedly conclude on, but in a situation where the petitioner insisted and behaved like he could no longer tolerate his partner, divorce should be considered.”
The Presiding Judge, Ahmed, thereby dissolved the marriage between the petitioner and the respondent, and ordered that the respondent should observe her three months Iddah period in her matrimonial home.
He also ruled that a divorce certificate should not be issued to the respondent until she observed all the necessary steps of the divorce and the petitioner should continue to perform his responsibility towards her.
Earlier, the petitioner told the Court that his wife was having an extramarital affair over seven years, adding that he could no longer tolerate her.
“I am only in Court because I don’t want to take the laws into my hands or beat her mercilessly or even drag her roughly out of the house.
I can no longer tolerate my wife having extramarital affairs, especially considering the age of our kids; 9, 12 and 15 years old,” he said.
The respondent however, said that she was still interested in the relationship and insisted on remaining with her kids in her matrimonial home.
She said that she tried to settle the issue with the petitioner but he refused and still contacted his relatives but did not know whether they talked to him about it or not.
Consequently the marriage was dissolved and the parties were asked to go their different ways after the Court’s pronouncement.