OGUNTADE, J.C.A. (Delivering the Lead Ruling): On 29th June, 1998, Adeyinka J. sitting at the Ikeja High Court of Lagos State delivered judgment in the divorce petition brought by the respondent on this application Mr. Olufemi O. Oguntoyinbo against the applicant Mrs. Monica A. Oguntoyinbo.
The final orders made by Adeyinka J read as follows:
"(1) A decree nisi of Dissolution of marriage is hereby made and the marriage solemnised between the petitioner and the respondent on the 24th day of August, 1965 at the Marriage Registry, Lagos is hereby dissolved on the petition brought by Olufemi Olanrewaju Oguntoyinbo.
2. The decree nisi shall become absolute after three months here unless within that period sufficient cause is shown to the court why the decree nisi should not be made absolute.
3. The respondent's claim for judicial separation and for settlement of properties are hereby dismissed.
4. The petitioner shall pay to the respondent the total sum of N8,000.00 (Eight Thousand Naira p…