A lecturer at the University of Ibadan (UI), Dr. Bilikis Babarinde, yesterday filed a committal application against her husband, Prof. Sikiru Babarinde at a Grade A Customary court in Ibadan over marriage dissolution.
The lecturer through her counsel, Mr. Olufemi Adegboroye, told the court that the application was filed because her husband failed to obey the court order, directing him to be paying the children’s school fees.
Adegboroye said the court order was meant to be obeyed, adding that the respondent only paid the children’s school feels during the first term and failed to pay for the second term.
The Defence counsel, Yusuf Anikulapo, told the court that he was yet to be served with committal application, adding that he had earlier filed an application challenging the court’s jurisdiction.
Anikulapo said that the court ought to hear the application on jurisdiction before taking other applications once they are raised.
He stressed that his client was not unwilling to pay the children’s school fees, adding that he paid the children’s school fees during the first term.
After taking their arguments, President of the court, R.B. Gbadamosi, said the court would take both applications together to save time.
He adjourned till May 16 for hearing of the two applications.
Recall that the plaintiff, Dr. Bilikis Babarinde, had asked Iyaganku Customary Court of Appeal, Ibadan, to dissolve her 20-year-old marriage for alleged maltreatment.
She said that the marriage, which was contracted on March 2, 2002 and produced three children, has broken down irretrievably.