The Lagos State Government has fired a customary court member, Mr Ishola Razaki Adeyemi, who in 2015 allegedly dissolved a marriage and married the wife of the complainant, Mr. Olayemi Ayeni.
According to reports, Ayeni, in a 2016 video which recently went viral, claimed Adeyemi dissolved his and his wife’s union and denied him access to his children.
He claimed that Adeyemi had an interest in his wife.
The complainant said his wife packed out of the house and rented an apartment close to his.
He said: “I had an issue with my wife, she moved out of the house, she rented an apnairasnt very close to my house. I put five million naira into her business to establish a school, Greatest Kiddies Foundation. The business caused a problem in the family; I could not control her again”.
He further alleged that the judge who presided over the case engineered their divorce and impregnated his wife.
“So after ten months, I took her to court, thinking that I’ll be able to resolve this matter through Alternative Dispute Resolution. The judge, Dr Ishola Azakiq Adeyeni, hurriedly dissolved my marriage and got that woman impregnated three months after the dissolution of the marriage,” he said.
Mr Ayeni, in the video, alleged that when he protested the development, the judge got him arrested by the police and was subsequently transferred to Kirikiri Prison in Lagos State.
Reacting to this, the state government, in a statement issued by the Executive Secretary of Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi on Tuesday, said: “The former Customary Court Member abused his office by exhibiting unprofessional conduct in a customary court case involving the complainant and his wife and proceeded to snatch his wife and children from him”.
She said the matter, which occurred between 2014 and 2015, was investigated by the Lagos State Judicial Service Commission, adding that the findings of the investigation led to the termination of the appointment of the judge.