It was double tragedy for a civil servant, Ebenezer Bankole Agbetuyi, who landed in police custody on Monday few minutes after his 11-year-old marriage, was dissolved by an Ado Ekiti Customary Court.
Agbetuyi, had dragged his wife, Bukola Agbetuyi to court seeking dissolution of the marriage and custody of their two children, Yetunde (10) and Biodun (1).
He accused his wife of frequent fighting, keeping late company, lack of care for him and showing no respect for his family.
Court president Joseph Ogunsemi dissolved the marriage on grounds that the union has collapsed irretrievably and both parties are no longer interested in the union.
In a judgment that lasted about 25 minutes, Ogunsemi awarded custody of the children to Bukola in view of the tender ages of the children and because of evidence that the respondent has been taking good care of the children.
The court ordered that Agbetuyi should henceforth be paying Bukola N4,000 on each of the children for their monthly maintenance and that the money would be paid through the court with effect from September.
The petitioner, the court further ordered, would be responsible for the education of the kids at all levels while the respondent would only assist him.
The court also ordered that Agbetuyi (53) would have access to the children but he must give a prior notice before doing so.
After Magistrate Ogunsemi had read the judgment, it was apparent that the verdict did not go down well with Agbetuyi who became restless and asked the court to allow him speak.
Agbetuyi was enlightened by court workers that he had nothing to say again after the verdict had been delivered and he later barged into the office of the registrar to show his disapproval with the judgment which awarded custody of his 10-year-old daughter, Yetunde, to his estranged wife.
When he could not have his way, the petitioner stormed out of the courtroom in rage when another case was going on and was heard outside saying he would not pay the N4,000 ordered by the court for the upkeep of the children.
His behaviour angered the court president who ordered the police officer attached to the court to bring him back.
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