An Area Court at Centre-Igboro in Ilorin on Friday dissolved a 23-year-old Islamic marriage between Latifat Ismaila and Adebayo Ismaila following the wife’s request.
The Presiding Judge, Abdulkadir Ahmed, granted the divorce application and ordered that the petitioner observe three months of Iddah period before she could remarry.
The court, however, said the children’s custody could not be granted to the two parties, saying the children in question are adults and could decide where they want to stay.
Earlier, the petitioner told the court that her father informed her that the respondent said he was no longer interested in the marriage and wanted her to file for divorce.
She also said she was tired of the relationship and agreed upon hearing the respondent’s intention for divorce and also wanted custody of their two children.
The respondent agreed to the divorce application but wanted custody of the children, saying that the petitioner had left his house for the past three years.
“She left my house without any problem and got married to another man, and even had a baby for the man.
“Our firstborn, who is 23 years old, got pregnant under her mother’s care and refused to stay in her husband’s house, which is why I don’t want her to have custody of the children,” he said.
