Court dissolves marriage in Kwara on wife request
An Area Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday dissolved an Islamic marriage between Usman Olanrewaju and Balkis Olanrewaju.
Presiding Judge AbdulQodir Ahmed said that the wife had requested to end her marriage on the excuse that she was tired of the relationship.
The Counsel to the respondent, AbdulRasheed Isiak, told the court to adjourn the case for settlement of misunderstanding between the couple.
The husband however insisted on divorce, saying that the wife had been packing her things gradually from his house and decided to pack the remaining just before coming to court.
Olanrewaju said that he released her to go and continue her life wherever she pleases, but want to have access to his child whenever he wants and must not change her school.
The court dissolved the marriage and granted the child custody to the wife, while the husband have access to the child any day, but at reasonable time.
Balkis however requested the husband to pay N20,000 monthly for their child upkeep, cater for her education and healthcare, but the husband insisted on N5,000 monthly.
The court adjourned the case to Oct. 14, for hearing on the amount agreed upon for the child's upkeep.
NAN
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Abdulganiyu Oladosu Ilorin Inside Kwara NIRSAL IPSAS Transition Implementation Committee Leke Ogungbe Agbarere Afeyin-Olukuta Bashiru Makama Zulu Gambari Yakubu Gobir Azeez Salawu Chikanda Kannike Yusuf Lawal Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu QuickWin Garuba Alikinla Shittu Ike Ekweremadu Ahmed Alhasssan Iqra Books Abubakar Olusola Saraki Folaranmi Aro Salake Lola Olabayo Agbarigidoma Suwa-Arabs Saad Omo Iya Ayodele Shittu Shehu Jimoh Raymond Olaitan Oniwa Salihu Alhaji Musa Prince Bola Ajibola Gbugbu Christopher Odetunde Kubra Kazum Col. Adedipe Ajeigbe Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla Suleiman Idris Lanwa KWIRS Sobi FM Yahya Mohammed United Nigeria Congress Party Joshua Adeyemi Adimula Seun Bolaji Kayode Alabi Shehu Adaramaja Jalala Zainab Abass LAK Jimoh Mike Omotosho Alliance For Democracy New Model Police Station Amule Elementary School Bankole Omisore Hussein Olokooba Kolo Abdullahi Samari Sherif Shagaya Mumini Ishola Hanafi Women For Change And Development Initiative Bilikisu Oniyangi Muyideen Ajani Bello Abdul-Rasheed Na\'Allah Moses Salami Yakub Lai Gobir Bello Oyedepo Ethical College Overland General Hospital, Ilorin Oba Mogaji Abdulkadir Bashir Adigun Tafidan Kaiama

