Court dissolves mans 9th marriage
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in his response kasali consented to the divorce but denied attempting to poison mudijat and the children1 a mapo customary court in ibadan on tuesday dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between one mr akanmu kasali and his ninth wife mujidat over allegations of threat to life1 she told the court presided over by chief ademola odunade that she had suffered enough in the marriage and was no longer in love with kasali with whom she had three children1 my lord he beats me at will he once locked me and the children inside a room at night1 i have every reason to believe that he intends to kill me and the children if not why would he put poison in the food i was cooking. he is a threat to my life1 i am fed up with this marriage. i plead that you will allow us to go our separate ways she said1 the petitioner also told the court that kasali was uncaring1 mujidat approached the court with claims that her husband was wicked and troublesome1 i seduced her from another man about 15 years ago and we have three children1 the poison she mentioned was just special leaves we used in cooking beans for the entire family she is very much aware of this1 i did not lock her in a room1 however i am in support of divorce he said1 in his ruling odunade dissolved the union on grounds of irreconcilable differences1 he gave the custody of the children to mujidat and ordered kasali to pay n10000 monthly for their feeding1 you are to equally take responsibility of the childrens education and healthcare the president told kasali1