My husband and I have been living separately for two years —Wife

An Upper Area Court, Kubwa, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has dissolved an 11-year-old marriage between a housewife, Oloyede Oyetola and her husband, Subiar Afolabi for lack of love.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the judge, Muhammad Wakili, dissolved their marriage according to Islamic Law, following Oyetola’s prayer for divorce on the grounds of lack of love.

Wakili also ordered Oyetola to observe “Iddah”, which is a-three month observation period after the judgment before contracting another marriage.

Earlier, the petitioner told the court that she got married to Afolabi under Islamic law in 2013, and that their union produced two children.

Oyetola stated that she and her husband had been having marital issues for almost four years, adding that in spite of the intervention of their family members their families, the situation did not change.

“We have been separated for two years and I have been solely responsible for the feeding and education of our children.

“My husband never gave a dime for our children’s school fees,” she told the court.

“I no longer love my husband, ”she told the court.

Oyetola thus prayed the court to dissolve their union.

The respondent consented to divorce.