A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Monday dissolved 21-year-old marriage between a businesswoman, Adewumi Pius and her husband, Emmanuel, over his inability to provide for his family.
The petitioner, a mother of three in her petition, alleged that her husband has refused to take charge and be responsible for his family’s upkeep.
Delivering judgment, the President of the Court, Chief Ademola Odunade said the divorce was granted in the interest of peace.
Odunade granted custody of the children to Pius and ordered Emmanuel to pay N12, 000 as monthly upkeep.
In her petition, Pius said: ” my husband refused to pay my children’s school fees. Because of that my children stopped going to school.
”Emmanuel turned me to his punching bag. He is fond of spreading lies about me that he caught me in bed with another man”.
Emmanuel, a commercial motorcycle rider consented to the divorce but refuted all allegations leveled against him.
“My lord, she left my home because my mother caught her in bed with our church member,” he said.
He tendered receipts of the school fees he said he had paid over the years before the court.
