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OLUWADAMILOLA

(2017) JELR 34325 (CA)

Court of Appeal 19 May 2017 Nigeria
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- This is an appeal against a judgment of the High Court of Osun State in a matrimonial case. - The petitioner sought a decree of nullity of marriage, custody of their child, and payment of damages. - The trial court granted all the reliefs

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Suit Number:CA/AK/184/13
Judges:UZO IFEYINWA NDUKWE-ANYANWU JCA MOHAMMED AMBI-USI DANJUMA JCA OBANDE FESTUS OGBUINYA JCA
Counsel:Ibrahim Adedeji, Esq. For the Appellant; Okeniyi Familusi, Esq. For the Respondent.

MOHAMMED AMBI-USI DANJUMA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal is against the judgment of the High Court of Osun State, sitting at the Osogbo Judicial Division delivered by Hon. Justice S. O. Falola in Suit No HOS/23D/2011 on the 25/6/13, granting all the reliefs sought from the Court by the petitioner against the Respondent/Appellant. The following are the reliefs sought before the learned trial Court by the Petitioner:

a. A decree of nullity of marriage contracted between the Petitioner and the Respondent at the Osogbo Local Government Registry, Osogbo, Osun State, on the 10th of October, 2007, on the grounds that marriage has broken down irretrievably based on the fact;

i. That the Petitioner and the Respondent have lived apart for a continuous period of at least 3 years immediately preceding the presentation of this petition.

ii. That the Respondent has deserted the Petitioner for a continuous period of at least one year immediately preceding the presentation of the…

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