An Ikole Customary Court on Monday granted the request of an out-of-court settlement by a couple over a husband’s allegation of adultery against his wife.
The President of the court, Mrs Yemisi Ojo, held that “the court is not opposed to amicable settlement of dispute out of court.
“Rather courts are enjoined to promote amicable settlement
in as much as nothing is proved to the contrary that defendant wrote the letter of restitution under duress.’’
Ojo, therefore, struck out the case and appealed to the couple to forget the past and live harmoniously again.
Olayemi Jemibola had asked the court to appeal to her husband to forgive her extra marital affair to save her 25-year-old marriage to Isaac.
Jemibola, 57, had on Jan. 21 urged the court to dissolve his marriage to Olayemi, 48, over her alleged extra marital affair.
Olayemi, a mother of five, confessed before the court on Feb 11 that her husband was not the biological father of her fourth child.
She confessed she was involved in an extra marital affair with her former boss and that it was the ensuing pregnancy that produced the child.
The respondent said that her desire to make heaven prompted her
to make the confession.
The court had adjourned the case for possible reconciliation.
At the resumed hearing on Monday, the court clerk informed the court that the woman wrote a letter dated March 25 to the court.
In the letter the woman declared that the child in question was actually the petitioner’s son and expressed regrets for her action.
She further stated in the letter that the court should assist in
appealing to her husband to forgive her for the sake of the children.
The petitioner, in his response, told the court that consequent upon the order of the court for possible settlement, family members intervened and the matter was resolved. (NAN)
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