A Jos Central Area Court, sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Plateau State, has dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between Shepnaan Emmanuel and his wife, Linda, on grounds that the latter is hot tempered.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Emmanuel, who approached the court, also accused his wife of abandonment.
The petitioner stated that he married the respondent in 2007 and that they separated in 2017 because of the latter’s quarrelsome behaviour.
Linda, who was absent from court, however, sent her consent to the petitioner’s application for divorce through her lawyer.
In their judgment, the presiding officials, Ghazali Adam and Hyacenth Dolnanan, granted the petitioner’s prayer of divorce and awarded custody of their only child to Emmanuel.