Court dissolves Ekiti PDP chairman's marriage of 28years

Court dissolves Ekiti PDP chair’s 28-year marriage The Punch - Nigeria's Most Widely Read Newspaper / 30 minutes ago An Ado Ekiti Customary Court on Monday dissolved the marriage of the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party in Ekiti State, Chief Idowu Faleye, and his wife of 28 years, Olajumoke, over irreconcilable differences. The union was blessed with two female children, Toyin, 27, and Dupe, 24. Delivering judgment in the suit filed by Faleye, the president of the court, Joseph Ogunsemi, held that the union had collapsed beyond settlement from the available evidence. He held that the evidence supplied by the Applicant (Faleye) was unchallenged and incontrovertible as the Respondent did not appear in court to give contrary evidence. Besides, he said there was no proof of a legal marriage between the couple, describing the union as a “mere cohabitation.” According to him, the court had no option than to grant the request for dissolution as sought by Faleye. Faleye (62) had dragged Olajumoke (52) to court accusing her of being aggressive, uncontrollable, fighting and unpredictable. In his evidence before the court, Faleye had said, “I don’t love the respondent anymore, I only appreciate my children and I don’t see any resolution in the union.” He also told the court that he had another wife despite the fact that the respondent still lived in his house. The PDP chief told the court that upon dissolution of the union, he would allow the respondent to remain in his house for six months after which she would quit the house. While ordering the immediate dissolution of the union, the president ruled that Olajumoke shall have the grace to stay in Faleye’s house for six months within which she was expected to relocate elsewhere at the expiration of the six months. Ogunsemi, who averred that the judgment was in line with Order 8 Rule 5 of Ekiti State Customary Court Rule, ordered the two parties to maintain peace henceforth, consequent upon the dissolution of the marriage. He added that the respondent (Olajumoke) had 21 days to appeal the judgment.