Wife divorces husband due to lack of money
An Area Court at Centre-Igboro in Ilorin on Wednesday dissolved the marriage between one Toyin Ajibola and Bashirat Mohammed because the husband has no money to fend for the family.
The presiding judge, Hammad Ajumonbi, while delivering the ruling said that even though Ajibola did not want to divorce his wife, the court will allow her to move on with her life as she requested.
He therefore dissolved the marriage and granted custody of the three children from the marriage to the wife.
The court also ordered the woman to observe the three-month iddah (waiting) period before she could remarry.
Ajumonbi further ordered Ajibola to be responsible for the feeding of the children to the best of his ability.
“He should have unrestricted access to the children and the mother should always make the children available any time their father requested,” the judge said.
Earlier, Bashirat had applied for divorce saying she was tired of the marriage because the husband has not been responsible and always complain of not having money to take care of the family.
“I want the court to grant me divorce so I can have rest of mind,” she said.
The husband, however, told the court that he was still interested in his wife even though he was financially handicapped.
“I have been trying hard to get money to feed my family, but couldn’t.
“It is so painful that I couldn’t even get money to visit her and the children when they left home,” he said
