6-Year-Old Marriage Dissolved Over Threat To Life

A Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan, on Friday, dissolved a six-year-old marriage between a trader, Kaosara Okeowo, and her husband, Lateef, over alleged threat to life.

The mother of two told the court that she was in danger because her husband wants to use her for ritual.

Delivering the judgment, Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of the court, dissolved the marriage in the interest of peace and awarded custody of the two children to Kaosara Okeowo.

The arbitrator ordered Lateef to pay N10,000 as child support.

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Testifying, Okeowo said: ”my lord, things are not going on well. He requests for unusual and personal things from me”.

In his defense, Lateef denied the allegations.

”She can go if she wants to leave. I want the court to order her to return his cooking utensils, clothes, and the big ram in her custody,” he said.

In his testimony, Lateef’s father argued that his son was not a ritualistic and that his daughter-in-law was such an opportunist who had seen another man with more money.