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General News of Monday, 24 February 2020

Source: www.mynigeria.com

"It's a lie from the pit of hell" - Laywer debunks claim of 4000 divorce applications in Abuja court

Firsts Baba Isa Firsts Baba Isa

Abuja-based lawyer, Firsts Baba Isa has described as false a claim by a colleague of his who stated that a court over 4000 divorce applications have been filed in a court in Abuja this year.

MyNigeria.com reported that a lady revealed that a court received 4000 divorce applications which are quite alarming for a year which is barely two months old.

@Sandraorokodo shared: "4000 divorce applications in Abuja already and the year just started. Some of these marriages are less than a year old. What's really happening?"

This has now been described as false by Baba Isa who labelled it a "lie from the pit of hell".

Read his full post:

"This is a lie! Immediately I saw this tweet, I knew it was a big fat lie. But I still called the appropriate authorities to confirm, it is a lie from the pit of hell. I don't know why anyone will put up such a lie out there. But if the purpose is to get people to bash marriage and lose faith in the institution, I think they have succeeded, a lot; see how a massive lie has gone viral. Even those who should know better have been broadcasting this falsehood. I'm a core litigation lawyer. Family law is one of my practice areas and I handle quite a number of divorce, custody, adoption, maintenance, etc cases. I'm based in Abuja. Bottom line? I know what I'm talking about. The total number of cases (all cases o, not just divorce) filed at the FCT High Court since the beginning of 2020 is not even up to 2000, yet. So where did she get her figures from? And note that the High Court is the Court that has jurisdiction to entertain divorce proceedings for marriages contracted under the Act (Court Marriage). Though other inferior courts like the Customary Court have jurisdiction to entertain divorce proceedings for marriages contracted traditionally, but only a negligible number go there for divorce proceedings. So where did she get her 4000 figure? How many couples dey this our Abuja sef? Another crazy angle of this lie is that some of these marriages are less than a year old. In law, you can't bring a divorce proceeding to dissolve a marriage that is less than 2 years old, unless you satisfy some stringent conditions to get the permission of the court. And less-than-a-year-old marriages have satisfied these conditions and gotten the permission of court to commence divorcé proceedings in two months? Mtcheew. Na wa o. Now that it has been proven that Aunty Madam was lying, oya, make una follow share this post o. - By Firsts Baba Isa (FBI)".