Ile-Ife (Osun) – An Ile-Ife Customary Court in Osun on Thursday dissolved the 11-year-old marriage between Olatoyosi Adeniji and her husband, Adewumi, over threat to life.
The President of the Court, Alhaji Ganiyu Awoyera, in his judgment, dissolved the marriage and ordered that there would be no refund of dowry.
Awoyera awarded custody of two out of the three children the couple had to Olatoyosi as their first born, who is deaf and dumb, was at a welfare home operated by the Osun State Government.
He appealed to Olatoyosi to always take the children to government hospitals, whenever they fell sick.
Awoyera also ordered that the husband should pay N30, 000 per month for the upkeep of the children and be fully responsible for their education.
He urged both parties to give peace a chance and abstain from all forms of trouble.
Olatoyosi had on Nov. 2 urged the court to dissolve her marriage over lack of care, threat to life and desertion since 2012.
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She said that when she could not cope with being abandoned, she then went into another marriage in 2014.
The defendant agreed with the dissolution. He said that his wife always demanded for huge amounts of money which he did not have. (NAN)