Man Seeks Dissolution of His 23-years-old Marriage In Court Over Her Wife’s Attempt to Change Children’s Name

A middle-aged man, Theophilius Obayan, has dragged his wife, Chibuzor Lillian Obayan, before a Customary Court sitting in Oke-Eda, Akure, seeking the dissolution of his 23-year-old marriage, over attempt to change the paternity of his four children.

Obayan alleged that his estranged wife deliberately changed his children’s name to her new husband’s name, and urged the court to dissolve the 23-year-old marriage with Chibuzor.

Obayan told the court that his marriage “from onset was characterised by crises, abuse, disobedience, misunderstanding, lies, manipulation, hate and rage.”

He said: “I married Lilian in the year 2000 and we have four children. I am Yoruba, while my wife is Igbo. I have suffered a lot in the hands of her family because they don’t love me, but I’ve been enduring.

“Lilian packed her belongings out of my house to another man’s house in 2019 and went to change her name, including my children’s surname to the name of the Igbo man she’s engaged to.”