2nd November, 2010
A 36-year-old teacher, Mrs. Adenike Adedeji, on Monday told a Grade 1 Customary Court sitting in Ake, Abeokuta, Ogun State how her husband allegedly ran away from their home six months after marriage.
Adenike said her husband, Jimoh Adedeji, 42, left home in August 2004 when the marriage clocked six months, leaving her with their four-and-a-half-month-old baby.
She told the court that she had gone to work on the fateful day only to discover upon her return that her husband had packed out of their matrimonial home.
Adenike accused her mother-in-law of allegedly aiding her son to pack out of their home, saying she learnt that the mother was present when Jimoh was moving his things out.
She said that since then, she had been solely responsible for the upkeep of their only child and added that she had made several unsuccessful attempts to woo her husband back, a situation which made her to opt for a divorce.
Adenike requested the court to mandate Adedeji to pay for the child’s school fees regularly and accept to take care of the baby’s upkeep.
The President of the court, Mrs. Christianah Olaleye, said that although the defendant was served with two court summons, he had refused to appear in court.
She, therefore, dissolved the marriage and ordered Adedeji to pay N3,000 monthly for the child’s education and upkeep.
Olaleye said the money must be paid to the court’s registry as from Nov. 30 and warned that the judgment must be adhered to strictly.
The president ordered the court bailiff to serve Adedeji with a copy of the judgment.
