Customary court kicks out 22-year-old marriage

Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, has sent packing a 22-year-old marriage on grounds of frequent nagging.

The dissolved marriage was between David Adetula and Remi, his wife.

Delivering judgment, Chief Henry Agbaje, President of the court, held that “It was possible to take the horse to the river, but impossible to force it to drink water.’’

Agbaje remarked that effort by the court to prevail on the petitioner to change his decision for separation failed.

Consequently, he dissolved the union in the interest of peace and granted custody of the three most senior children to their father and the last to their mother.

He ordered Adetula to pay a monthly feeding allowance of N5,000 for the child’s upkeep.

Earlier, Adetula had told the court that his wife’s frequent nagging habit has earned him a bad name and huge embarrassment in the community.

“I married another wife to see whether she will change for the better. Remi is quarrelsome and she has turned my home into a theatre of war not only with family members but also with neighbours,” he said.

However, Remi opposed the suit and prayed the court not to put an end to her marriage. She also refused to comment on any of the allegations levelled against her.

(NAN)