My Husband Is Not Paying for Our Children School Fess, Please Jail Him, University Lecturer Begs Court

My Husband Is Not Paying for Our Children School Fess, Please Jail Him, University Lecturer Begs Court

  • Dr Bilikis Babarinde has filed an application for committal against her husband, Prof. Sikiru Babarinde
  • The application is for alleged disobedience to a court order asking him to pay his children’s school fees
  • Her counsel told the court that Prof. Sikiru only paid the school fees during the first term and refused to pay it in the second term

A University of Ibadan lecturer, Dr Bilikis Babarinde, has filed an application for committal against her husband, Prof. Sikiru Babarinde, for alleged disobedience to a court order asking him to pay his children’s school fees.

Her counsel, Mr Olufemi Adegboroye, on Monday, informed the Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, in a case of marriage dissolution that the application was filed because the respondent failed to obey the court order on payment of his three children’s fees.

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My Husband Is Not Paying for Our Children School Fess, Please Jail Him, University Lecturer Begs Court
Dr Bilikis Babarinde of UI has filed an application for committal against her husband, Prof. Sikiru Babarinde. Photo: University of Ibadan
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The counsel told the court that Prof. Sikiru only paid the school fees during the first term and refused to pay it in the second term.

The plaintiff, who is a lecturer at the Department of Library, Archival and Information Studies Faculty of Education, had earlier told the court that the 20-year marriage to her estranged husband had broken down completely and should be dissolved.

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The husband is a lecturer at the Department of Early Childhood and Educational Foundations of the same faculty in the same university.

The counsel for the respondent, Mr Yusuf Anikulapo, told the court that he had yet to be served with the application for committal.

He also told the court that he had earlier filed an application challenging the jurisdiction of the court on the matter and said his application on jurisdiction ought to be heard before other applications.

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Meanwhile, there are angels among us who do not have wings. Their presence is known through their kind acts. In recent times, people who had encountered them got big relief.

Paying school fees could be hard for people going through a tough time. Kind people have in their own little way solved that for some.

In this report, Legit.ng will be looking at three times people's school fees were paid by complete strangers. One of the beneficiaries did not even get to meet his benefactor. She refused to reveal herself.

Stranger pays man's house rent

Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that a man's prayer was answered as a stranger, Juan Gonzales, who is also the owner of ThatWasEpic YouTube channel paid off his house rent.

In a video posted in 2019, the kind giver knocked on a man’s door and asked how much his rent was. When he mentioned the amount, Juan dipped his hand into his pocket and gave him $1,200 (N493,500) to cover the cost.

When the man got the cash in his hands, he was surprised as he stood still for many seconds. When he would speak, he asked Juan:

Source: Legit.ng

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