Woman accuses husband of desertion, urges dissolution of 6-year-old union
Mojirade urged the court to dissolve the marriage and order the man to be responsible for the upkeep of his two children.
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“My husband abandoned me and the two children for nine months."
“He left us in a rented apartment since January this year without paying for the rent and looking after the welfare of his family,” Mojirade told the court on Tuesday."
“I was in the house till June when the house rent expired and we packed to his parents’ house after much pressure from our landlord."
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“His parents kept telling me to have patience and that my husband would soon come back,” she said.
She said the husband refused to call up till the time of going to court, insisting “he has abandoned us.”
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the husband, Olanipekun, was not in court to defend himself.
The court’s President, Chief Mukaila Balogun, adjourned the case until Oct. 3 for further hearing.
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