PETER OLABISI IGE, JCA (Delivering the Leading Judgement): The Petitioner (now Respondent) in this appeal commenced her Petition in this action on 1st February, 2017 at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory Abuja holden at Abuja for a Decree of Dissolution of Marriage between her and MR. ETHASOR JOSEPH ABU, the reason being that the marriage has broken down irretrievably. At the lower Court the Petitioner now Respondent sought the following Reliefs/Orders:-
a) A DECREE OF DISSOLUTION OF THE MARRIAGE between the Petitioner and the respondent on the ground that the marriage between both parties have broken down irretrievably based on the facts that since the Marriage, the respondent has committed adultery and the Petitioner finds it intolerable to live with the respondent; that since the marriage, the respondent has behaved in such a way that the Petitioner could not reasonably be expected to live with the Respondent; that the parties to the marriage have lived apart for a cont…