Ekiti court dissolves 3-year-old marriage over cruelty
By Thu Jan 28 2021 A customary court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, has dissolved a three-year-old union between Asebiode Foluke and Adeyemo Temitope, on grounds of cruelty and intolerable behaviour. Foluke, 34, the petitioner, had dragged Temitope, 41, to court for dissolution of her customary marriage with the respondent because of his intolerable behaviour, cruelty, rudeness, arrogance, obstinacy and neglect. The customary marriage is blessed with a child aged 10 years. Foluke said they started cohabiting in 2009 but she left the respondent in 2012, alleging that he was...