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.
Photo News Dunmade Medinat Folorunsho Salman Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak Moses Afolayan Aisha Ahman-Pategi Sabitiyu Grillo Mansur Alfanla Okanlawon Musa Raji AbdulRasaq Siraj Oyewale Abdulraheem Yusuf Isa Aremu Public Holiday Kawu Baraje Idris Garuba Belgore Tsado Manman AbdulHamid Adi Code Of Conduct Adegoke Bamidele Kwara Consultative Forum Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union Aishatu Ahmed Gobir Gamji Members Association Garba Ado Sanni Sayomi Abdulkadir Jimoh March 28 Turaki Mahmud Babatunde Baker Nigerian Army Voices Of Tomorrow Okin Malt Abdulmumini Jawondo Ilorin Innovation Hub Saka Abimbola Isau Kazeem Oladepo Memunat Monsuma Abegunde Goke Amos Justus Sayo Tafida Sola Saraki University Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq Olokoba 11th Galadima Kwara State Sports Commission Hussein Olokooba Saka Keji Jamila Bio Ibrahim Micheal Imodu-Ganmo Road Ayobami Seriki Adamu Ibrahim Sabi Rafiu Ibrahim Kumbi Titilope Kwara State University Of Education Kwara COVID-19 Palliatives AGF Abdulrazaq AGILE Programme Demola Banu HICA Habeeb Saidu Raliat AbdulRazaq College Of Education Yusuf Olaolu Ali Amule Sulyman Age AbdulKareem Emir Of Ilorin Local Government Hajj Paul Odama Col. Ibrahim Taiwo Ishola Moses Abiodun Salman Alada Akanji Gobirawa

