An Area Court in Ilorin has dissolved the Islamic marriage between Toyin Ajibola and Bashirat Mohammed due to financial hardship. The court granted the divorce and awarded custody of their three children to Ms. Mohammed.
Presiding Judge Hammad Ajumonbi ruled that despite Mr. Ajibola’s love for his wife, she needed to move on. He ordered Mr. Ajibola to provide for the children’s basic needs and granted him unrestricted access to them.
Ms. Mohammed had filed for divorce, citing her husband’s financial irresponsibility and the strain it had placed on their marriage.
“I want the court to grant me divorce so I can have rest of mind,” she said
The husband, however, told the court that he was still interested in his wife even though he was financially handicapped.
“I have been trying hard to get money to feed my family, but couldn’t. It is so painful that I can’t get money to visit her and the children when they left home,” he said.
