Military Divorce Lawyer - General Wants Court to Dissolve 30Year Marriage

General Wants Court to Dissolve 30-Year-Old Marriage

Abubakar Yakubu22 October 2009
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Abuja — The atmosphere at High Court Kuje was yesterday tensed as spectators wondered why a serving military general would want to divorce his wife for 30 years after having four grown-up boys.

While Mrs Mariam Abdurrahman is against the divorce because of the effect it will have on the four children of the marriage, Major-General Suraj Abdurrahmam is bent on carrying on with it.

The general petitioned the court alleging that the marriage has broken down as both couple have been staying apart for the past five years.


The general further accused his wife of not cooking for him, adding that his personal staff cook for him at home.

Other allegations stated by the general against his wife, are that before the marriage, he made it clear to his wife that he is a Muslim and will not want to marry a non-Muslim.

The general prayed the court to separate the marriage and award the custody of their four sons (that have finished school and staying in Canada) to him.


Defending the allegations, Mrs Mariam Abdurrahman said she is aware of her right to choose a religion, adding that the general knew she was a Christian when he dated her.

She said when the general eventually married her; he did not convert her to Islam and wondered why after 30 years the man is using the issue of religion as excuse to dissolve the marriage.

According to the general's wife, the marriage was contracted at Ikoyi Registry in Lagos about 30 years ago but things fell apart when the general started dating an influential society lady.

She lamented that her husband sent soldiers to remove all her belongings from his house eight weeks ago and she is presently staying at a hotel.

When the case came up for mentioning in court yesterday morning, the general's wife counsel, Barrister Lucky Chukwu who had P.N.J Okenwa with him, informed the court that the record of proceedings they got from the court on the matter was not comprehensive enough and had omissions.

The lawyers, who took over the case from another lawyer, recently wanted Justice Peter O. Affen to note when they received the proceeding but the court told the lead lawyer that they know the proper thing to do.

After a slight talk between the bar and the bench, the judge then sought to know whether the counsel was ready to continue with the matter and the counsel expressed his willingness but the Judge rose and retired to his chambers.---------------------------------
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