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Court dissolves 14-year-old marriage over childlessness

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A Customary Court in jikwoyi, Abuja, on Wednesday dissolved a 14-year-old marriage between Maxwell Chuka and his wife Christy on grounds of childlessness.

Delivering a ruling, judge, Malam Labaran Gusau dissolved the marriage on the grounds that parties have lost interest in the union.

โ€œIt is on record that both parties have consented to the dissolution of the marriage and also the respondent has asked the court to grant her husband prayer of divorce.

โ€œIn view of this, the court has no other choice than to grant the petitionerโ€™s prayer for divorce. The marriage is hereby dissolved.

โ€œThe petitioner has also waved the N25,000 bride price he paid. Hence the respondent has no need to return it,โ€ Labaran said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Christy consented to the dissolution of the marriage on grounds that he has also lost interest in the marriage.

โ€œI am exhausted in this marriage. I have tried my best to have children but all attempts have failed.

โ€œI have gone to different places, taken different concoction, all to no avail,โ€ she said. (NAN)

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