TUNDE OYEBANJI AWOTOYE, J.C.A.(Delivering the Leading Judgment): This is the judgment in respect of the appeal filed by the appellant against the decision of the Imo State High Court, Orlu delivered on 31/3/2015.
The petitioner at the lower Court filed a petition for dissolution of marriage between her and the Respondent. The petitioner sought the following orders from the Court in her petition:-
- A decree of dissolution of marriage on the grounds that respondent has willfully and persistently refused to consummate the marriage and that since the marriage the respondent has behaved in such a way that the petitioner cannot reasonably be expected to live with the respondent.
- An order of Court for the sale of plot No: OL/R/949 World Bank Housing Estate Umuguma Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State and for the proceeds to be shared equally between parties.
The Respondent filed Respondent's answer to the Petition: The petitioner challenged the competence of the Respondent's Answer …