My wife bore SS child after she lied that she was AS —Husband

An Area Court sitting in Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, Kwara State, has dissolved the Islamic marriage between Ajisegiri Balikis and Saadu Jimoh over unmatched genotype.

The presiding judge, Hammad Ajumonb, while delivering ruling held that it was necessary to dissolve their marriage since both parties had agreed that they were no longer in love with each other.

Ajumonbi dissolved their marriage and ordered Balikis to observe three months iddah (waiting) period before she remarries.

He awarded custody of the two children to Balikis, stating that their father has unrestricted access to them.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the court ordered Jimoh to pay N18,000 monthly for feeding and maintenance of their two children and be responsible for their education and medical services.

Earlier, Balikis in her petition prayed the court to grant her divorce due to persistent misunderstanding, irresponsible attitude, lack of care, love and trust which she said began over the children’s genotype.

She told the court that her first child was AS while the second child was discovered to be SS.

”My second child was always falling sick which prompted me to conduct a test and I discovered she was SS.

“The only thing I know is that my parents said that my genotype is AA but I have never done an official test to confirm.

“That is why I told my husband before marriage that my genotype was AA while he told me he was AS,” she said.

She said that since her husband knew about the genotype, he stopped caring for her and the children and hardly gave them money for food and health services.

Responding, Jimoh told the court that he believed his wife when she said she was AA because she was educated and should know better.

“I was angry because her auntie was our matchmaker and I trusted her. But I have accepted my faith.

“On October 17, my father-in-law invited me over and told me not to worry. He asked my wife to move out of the house.

“All efforts to resolve the issue failed and my in-law reported me to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps where I was directed to pay N10,000 monthly for children’s feeding,” he said.

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