Wife seeks divorce over threat to life, fights

A mother of one, Mrs Kemi Lawal, has filed a suit seeking the dissolution of her seven-year- old marriage with Musiliu Lawal. Kemi, who appeared before an Ake, Abeokuta, Ogun State, customary court yesterday, alleged threat to her life in the marriage. She said that her husband was stubborn and quarrelsome, and had not been […]

A mother of one, Mrs Kemi Lawal, has filed a suit seeking the dissolution of her seven-year- old marriage with Musiliu Lawal.

Kemi, who appeared before an Ake, Abeokuta, Ogun State, customary court yesterday, alleged threat to her life in the marriage.

She said that her husband was stubborn and quarrelsome, and had not been taking care of the only child in the marriage.

Kemi prayed for an order of the court granting her custody of the child, Moridiya, “for proper and motherly care.”

The husband, Lawal, was not in court yesterday when the case was called. The president of the court, Mrs A. O. Abimbola, consequently ordered the court bailiff to paste the summons on Lawal’s residence, No. 5, Fadage Street, off Bode Olude Street, Abeokuta.

Abimbola adjourned the matter till October 16, 2019.