Court Upholds Mother's Right to Custody of Children, Rejects Father's Objection
As reported by Nigerian Tribune, an Area Court in Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, Kwara State, has granted custody of four children to their mother, Olomu Ajibola, allowing her to properly care for them.
The presiding judge, Hammad Ajumonbi, ruled that no one has the right to deny a mother access to her children, even if legal custody had been awarded to the father.
Judge Ajumonbi subsequently granted custody to the mother, noting that the father lacked sufficient evidence to dispute her claim.
The court stated that the father, however, had unrestricted access to their children and should be responsible for their feeding, school fees, medicals and general welfare.
“The parents should never take the children out of the jurisdiction of the court, except on mutual agreement of the parents,” the judge said.
He, however, said that the mother shall cease to have custody the moment she re-marries.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the husband had on April 16 applied for divorce and custody of their children, with the wife agreeing to this.
But he had not been allowed to see their children since then.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Kwara NIPR Ibrahim Sulu Gambari Sulaiman Gado Ayodele Olaosebikan United Nigeria Congress Party Innocent Okoye Salihu Yahaya Dogara Gambari Yakubu Gobir Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja Abdulfatai Salman Baakini Tunde Idiagbon Road Aliyu U. Tilde Adekunle David Dunmade Oloriegbe Seun Bolaji Basit Olatunji Idowu Laro Kannike Umar Danladi Shero Ike Ekweremadu Sheikh Ariyibi Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum Al-Adaby Mahe Abdulkadir Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone Abiodun Jacob Ajiboye Ajikobi 2017 Budget Jebba Baboko Ilesha-Gwanara Sheikh Alimi Susan Modupe Oluwole Ahmed Idris Mohammed Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency AbdulGaniyu Kareem Ajibola Ademola Julius Sidikat Alaya Femi Agbaje Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants CCT Garba Dogo Saudat Abdulbaqi Matthew Okedare Mumeen Lah Ahmad Lawan Kwara TV Chemiroy Nigeria Limited Ilorin Emirate Staff Association Raliat AbdulRazaq Mohammed Abdulahi Mufti Of Ilorin Babata Abdulwahab Oba Doyin Agbamu Kwara State Fish Farmers Association Tsaragi-Share Moses Adekanye Tunde Yusuf Isiaka Gold TESCOM Tafida Of Kaiama Demola Banu Moses Salami Offa Metropolitan Club Yahaya Seriki Gambari Ramadhan Gbadeyan Gbadura Yomi Ilorin Talaka Parapo Oniyangi Kunle Sulaiman Jumoke F. Ajao Habeeb Abdullahi Al-Ilory Moji Makanjuola Ibrahim Gambari Kanu Agabi

