An Area Court at Centre-igboro, Ilorin, Kwara State, has dissolved the nine-year-old marriage between a woman, Bilikis Abake and her husband, Kehinde Bintin, over claims of domestic violence.

Delivering judgment, the presiding judge, Mr Idris Etsu, held that the respondent, had sent a letter to the court through the bailiff, releasing his wife.

Etsu, consequently, dissolved the marriage between both parties, but ordered the woman to observe three months iddah (waiting) period, before she could remarry again.

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According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the court awarded custody of the two children of the marriage, who are eight-year-old and six-year-old, to their mother.

The court ordered the respondent to pay the sum of N30,000, as monthly maintenance fee.

He held that the father should be responsible for his children’s school fees, and should be allowed unrestricted access to his children, except at odd hours.

In a chilling case that shocked Matero Local Court, Zambia, 36-year-old woman from Chisamba has been granted divorce from her husband, whom she accused of attempting to sacrifice their two children.

Bertha Mumbi told the court that her husband, Abel Ngoma, 46, of Chibombo, allegedly plotted to kill their two daughters—aged 11 years and 7 years as part of ritual instructions he received from a witchdoctor in 2021.

According to Zambia Observer, testifying before the magistrate, Lewis Mumba Bertha said that Abel even made a small coffin in preparation for the supposed death of their firstborn and kept it in their bedroom for four consecutive nights after she refused to participate in the scheme.

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“By then, he had already made a small coffin in readiness for the death of my firstborn. He never told me about the coffin he made. We slept for four days with it under our bed,” she said.

Bertha said the plan was brought to light by the witchdoctor’s informant, who approached her to demand compensation for cancelling the agreement, since she had refused to consent to the sacrifice.

…She’s free to go —Husband

An Area Court in Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, Kwara State, has dissolved the Islamic marriage between a woman, one Mrs Mujidat Adepoju and her husband, Mr AbdulRasheed Ibrahim, on the account of domestic violence and infidelity.

Delivering judgment, the presiding judge, Mr Idris Etsu, held that since the respondent agreed to the dissolution of their marriage, there was therefore no need to delay proceedings.

Etsu, consequently, dissolved their union, and ordered that the petitioner observe three months iddah (waiting) period before remarrying.

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According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the petitioner had earlier told the court that she was no longer interested in her marriage to her husband, following repeated violence, frequent threat of divorce, neglect, and infidelity.

“My husband always beat me, insists that I leave his house whenever he is angry and sometimes travel for months without coming back home.

“He is randy and already has three children from three other women,” she said.

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Mudijat stated that their marriage is blessed with five children, adding that three of them are married.

She prayed that the other two children, aged 18 years old and eight years old, be left with their father, so that there would be no reason for the respondent to visit her.

Meanwhile, in his response to the petitioner’s claim, the respondent assented to t divorce.

“She used to say that I like manipulating words. So, I am not saying anything. If she wants to go, she can go,” he said.