A trader, Fisayo Akibu, on Tuesday approached a Customary Court sitting in Mapo, Ibadan, seeking dissolution of her 19-year-old marriage to husband, Abiodun over his addiction to gambling
Testifying, the mother of four, said:” my husband puts all his earnings into betting rather than care for the children and me. “Since I married Abiodun in 2001, he has not performed the naming ceremonies rites for our children as expected of him.“Please, give me custody of my daughter because I don’t trust what will happen to her in his custody”.“My lord, it is true that I had some financial difficulties at some points, but I have since overcome it.
“Fisayo allows any man who is ready to give her chicken change to sleep with her not minding that she is married.Delivering a judgment, Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of the court dissolved the marriage and granted custody of the first child to Abiodun and the last three to the petitioner.