An Igbosere high court sitting in the
commercial city of Lagos on Thursday,
dissolved the marriage between celebrity
OAP, Toke Makinwa and her estranged
husband, Maje Ayida.
The three-year-old troubled marriage
between a popular radio presenter,
Omotoke Makinwa and her estranged
husband, Maje Ayida has been dissolved.
An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on
Thursday dissolved the union, citing
husband’s adulterous lifestyle, according to
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Makinwa, is the co-host of the ‘Morning
Drive’ on Rhythm 93.7FM, a blogger and an
author.
She had on March 9, 2016, asked the court
to dissolve the marriage on the grounds that
the husband committed adultery.
Justice Morenike Obadina, while delivering
judgment held that Ayida filed an answer to
the petition but did not give oral evidence in
support of it.
She said the position of the law was settled
as pleadings did not amount to evidence.
“Pleadings on which no evidence was led are deemed
abandoned. Therefore, Ayida’s evidence is deemed
abandoned.
“The effect being that the petitioner’s evidence is
unchallenged and uncontroverted,’’ she ruled.
The judge said the issue of cruelty which
the petitioner (Makinwa) relied on was
established because of the “mental and
emotional stress” she was subjected to by
her husband.
He said Makinwa had sufficiently proven
that the husband committed adultery and
continued to flaunt his adulterous
relationships even to her face.
“I hold that the marriage has broken down on
grounds of intolerable behaviour.
“I hereby pronounce a `Decree Nisi’ dissolving the
marriage between Makinwa and Ayida which was
administered at the Federal Marriage Registry, Ikoyi,
Lagos, on Jan. 15, 2014.
“The order Nisi shall become absolute three months
from today unless within that period sufficient cause
is shown why it should not be made
absolute,” Obadina said.
Makinwa had told the court that her
husband committed adultery with his
mistress, Anita Solomon, adding that the
relationship produced a child.
She said since their marriage was
contracted, the husband had “behaved in a
way she could not reasonably be expected to
continue to bear”.
She also said the husband was cruel
towards her, adding that their differences
became irreconcilable.
NAN also reports that during the trial, the
petitioner (Makinwa ) testified in court and
tendered some documents including their
marriage certificate which were admitted in
evidence.
In her testimony, she said that after their
marriage was contracted in 2014,
cohabitation with her husband ceased on
Nov. 8, 2015, without any child from the
marriage.
She also told the court of an instance where
her husband threatened separation and
even drafted a separation agreement
because she discovered that he bought a
ticket for his mistress to travel to London.
The first respondent (Ayida) who replied to
the petition when served, however,
instructed his counsel, Mr T. O. Lawal, not
to continue with the defence.
Ayida through his counsel, therefore,
foreclosed all evidence.
The mistress (Solomon), who is the second
respondent, refused to join issues with the
petitioner.
An Igbosere high court sitting in the
commercial city of Lagos on Thursday,
dissolved the marriage between celebrity
OAP, Toke Makinwa and her estranged
husband, Maje Ayida.
The three-year-old troubled marriage
between a popular radio presenter,
Omotoke Makinwa and her estranged
husband, Maje Ayida has been dissolved.
An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on
Thursday dissolved the union, citing
husband’s adulterous lifestyle, according to
the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Makinwa, is the co-host of the ‘Morning
Drive’ on Rhythm 93.7FM, a blogger and an
author.
She had on March 9, 2016, asked the court
to dissolve the marriage on the grounds that
the husband committed adultery.
Justice Morenike Obadina, while delivering
judgment held that Ayida filed an answer to
the petition but did not give oral evidence in
support of it.
She said the position of the law was settled
as pleadings did not amount to evidence.
“Pleadings on which no evidence was led are deemed
abandoned. Therefore, Ayida’s evidence is deemed
abandoned.
“The effect being that the petitioner’s evidence is
unchallenged and uncontroverted,’’ she ruled.
The judge said the issue of cruelty which
the petitioner (Makinwa) relied on was
established because of the “mental and
emotional stress” she was subjected to by
her husband.
He said Makinwa had sufficiently proven
that the husband committed adultery and
continued to flaunt his adulterous
relationships even to her face.
“I hold that the marriage has broken down on
grounds of intolerable behaviour.
“I hereby pronounce a `Decree Nisi’ dissolving the
marriage between Makinwa and Ayida which was
administered at the Federal Marriage Registry, Ikoyi,
Lagos, on Jan. 15, 2014.
“The order Nisi shall become absolute three months
from today unless within that period sufficient cause
is shown why it should not be made
absolute,” Obadina said.
Makinwa had told the court that her
husband committed adultery with his
mistress, Anita Solomon, adding that the
relationship produced a child.
She said since their marriage was
contracted, the husband had “behaved in a
way she could not reasonably be expected to
continue to bear”.
She also said the husband was cruel
towards her, adding that their differences
became irreconcilable.
NAN also reports that during the trial, the
petitioner (Makinwa ) testified in court and
tendered some documents including their
marriage certificate which were admitted in
evidence.
In her testimony, she said that after their
marriage was contracted in 2014,
cohabitation with her husband ceased on
Nov. 8, 2015, without any child from the
marriage.
She also told the court of an instance where
her husband threatened separation and
even drafted a separation agreement
because she discovered that he bought a
ticket for his mistress to travel to London.
The first respondent (Ayida) who replied to
the petition when served, however,
instructed his counsel, Mr T. O. Lawal, not
to continue with the defence.
Ayida through his counsel, therefore,
foreclosed all evidence.
The mistress (Solomon), who is the second
respondent, refused to join issues with the
petitioner.
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