Saheed had dragged the wife to court over troublesome behaviour. He stated that his wife had failed in giving him rest of mind. He thus pleaded with the court to put an end to their marriage which has produced two children.

Omolara appealed to the court not to dissolve their marriage even though all her efforts at reconciling the plaintiff had proved abortive.

“It is true, I lied about my death but I did it to save him of an imminent disaster as I was told by somebody that he would die.

Ruling after listening to both parties, the court president, Chief Amusa Makinde dissolved their marriage and granted custody of the first child to the plaintiff while the custody of the second was awarded to the defendant.

The plaintiff was ordered to pay the sum of N3, 000 monthly for the last child’s feeding allowance.