The
presiding judge, Hammad Ajumonbi, while ruling on the matter, said nobody had
the right to deny a mother access to her children, even if the father was
legally granted custody.
The husband, Mr Ajibola, had on April
16, applied for divorce and custody of their children over a disagreement with
the wife, which she consented to.
But she alleged she had not been
allowed to see their children since then.
Magistrate Ajumonbi, therefore,
granted custody of the four children to their mother, since the father did not
have any evidence to prove otherwise.
The court stated that the father,
however, had unrestricted access to their children and should be responsible
for their feeding, school fees, medicals and general welfare.
“The parents should never take the
children out of the jurisdiction of the court, except on mutual agreement of
the parents,” the judge ruled.
He, however, said that the mother
shall cease to have custody the moment she remarries.
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