Ado-Ekiti -An Ado-Ekiti Customary Court on Monday dissolved a 28-year-old marriage between Idowu Faleye and his wife, Olajumoke for of aggressive behaviour, constant fighting and unable to control emotion.
Faleye,62 , and Ekiti Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) told the court that he was no longer in love with his wife anymore.
“I don’t love her (Olajumoke) anymore, I only tolerated her for this long because of the love I have for my children and I don’t see any resolution to my stand.”
He told the court that they engage in fighting everyday because his wife was adamant to correction.
The father of two, Toyin,27, and Dupe ,24, said that he had married another wife, despite the fact that, his wife still lives in his house.
He, therefore, told the court that he would allow her to stay for six months, after which he would send her packing.
Since the respondent, Olajumoke, 52, had repeatedly shunned the court summons, the court deemed it fit that the respondent had accepted that she was guilty of the allegations leveled against her.
The President of the court, Mr Joseph Ogunsemi, observed that the marriage had broken down irretrievably from the evidence available before it and consequently dissolved the marriage.
Ogunsemi held that the evidence led by the petitioner was unchallenged and incontrovertible because of the respondent’s absence.
He held that there was no evidence or proof of a legal marriage between the couple and described their 28-years union as a “mere cohabitation’’.
He ruled that the court had no option than to grant the request for dissolution as sought by the petitioner.
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The court also ordered the two parties to maintain peace, consequent upon the dissolution of the marriage.
Ogunsemi said that Olajumoke had 21 days to appeal against the judgment, which he said, was in line with Order 8 Rule 5 of Ekiti State Customary Court Rule.
On the last day of sitting on July 21, the court had reserved judgment after the petitioner closed his defence, while the respondent failed to appear in court.
Ogunsemi ruled that the respondent had the grace to stay in the petitioner’s house for six months, within which she was expected to relocate.
He also ordered that the two children have grown up to choose where to live. (NAN)
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