{"id":830,"date":"2026-07-12T14:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T13:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=830"},"modified":"2026-07-12T17:11:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T16:11:27","slug":"delta-high-court-grants-divorce-awards-custody-of-three-children-to-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/?p=830","title":{"rendered":"Court Grants Divorce, Awards Custody of Three Children to Mother"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Princess Ogbu<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Delta State High Court, in Asaba, has dissolved the marriage between Mr. Danjuma Aminu and Mrs.
Faith Aminu, citing the irretrievable breakdown of the union following allegations of abandonment,
physical abuse and verbal abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judgment was delivered by Justice Samuel L. Okeleke on January 6, 2026, at the Delta State High
Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The petitioner, Mrs. Aminu, told the court that her husband had abandoned his marital responsibilities
by failing to provide financial support for the family, and frequently leaving the matrimonial home for
extended periods without explanation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


She also alleged that the respondent subjected her to physical and verbal abuse during the marriage,
according to her testimony, the respondent repeatedly left the matrimonial home after disagreements,
creating an atmosphere of fear, instability and emotional distress for the family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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he further stated that the marriage finally broke down on March 19, 2024, when the respondent
allegedly packed his belongings, assaulted her physically and verbally, declared that he was no longer
interested in the marriage and left the matrimonial home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


In delivering judgment, Justice Okeleke held that the marriage had broken down irretrievably in line with
the provisions of the Matrimonial Causes Act, Cap. M7, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The court noted that Section 15(1) of the Act empowers the court to dissolve a marriage once it is
satisfied that the marriage has broken down irretrievably, while Section 15(2) outlines the facts upon
which such a finding may be based.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


The court consequently granted a decree by dissolving the marriage and ordered both parties to go their
separate ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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<\/a>Justice Okeleke awarded custody of the couple’s three children to the petitioner, Mrs. Aminu, while
granting the respondent access to the children at times and in a manner that would not interfere with
their education and welfare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court also ordered the respondent to take responsibility for the children’s school fees, medical
expenses, general welfare and to pay a reasonable monthly maintenance allowance for their upkeep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Princess Ogbu A Delta State High Court, in Asaba, has dissolved the marriage between Mr. Danjuma Aminu and Mrs.Faith Aminu, citing the irretrievable breakdown of the union following allegations of abandonment,physical abuse and verbal abuse. The judgment was delivered by Justice Samuel L. Okeleke on January 6, 2026, at the Delta State HighCourt. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":834,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,35,14],"tags":[31,25,26,217,140],"class_list":["post-830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abrakametro","category-education","category-trendingnews","tag-abraka","tag-delsu","tag-education","tag-judiciary","tag-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=830"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":880,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/830\/revisions\/880"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mediaconversation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}