Child care: Wife drags estranged hubby to court
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By Usman Aliyu
Ilorin, Oct. 31, 2016 (NAN) A divorced wife, Falilat Lawal, on Monday, prayed an Ilorin Area Court to order her estranged husband, Mohammed Lawal to pay her a monthly maintenance fees of N20, 000 for the care of their daughter, Ayomide.
Falilat, a resident of Basin Road in Ilorin, who divorced her husband in June, 2016, told the court that the respondent was failing in his responsibility as a father since their separation.
The 2016 graduate of the University of Ilorin, explained that she had been responsible for the child’s upbringing since the court judgment on their six years marriage.
She urged the court to order a refund of the school fees she had paid and an award of monthly N20, 000 maintenance fee for their daughter.
“I have been the one paying her school fees as well as catering for her needs.
“So, I want him to refund the school fees I paid and pay N20, 000 monthly for the child’s maintenance,’’ she said.
The respondent was, however, absent in court.
In his ruling, the presiding judge, Mr AbdulQuadir Ibrahim, adjourned the case indefinitely based on the plea by the plaintiff that she was going for a -three- week NYSC orientation exercise.
Ibrahim said that the case would resume once the plaintiff returned from the orientation camp. (NAN)
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