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By Emmanuel Awosika
A Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, has granted a man, Abiodun Adeyeye, custody of his twin children due to his wife’s mental illness.
Justice Ademola Odunade, who presided over the court, ordered that the children be taken from Rukayat as her mental illness had made her unfit to raise them.
“From the information available to this court, Rukayat’s condition could put the children’s lives at risk because she is already treating them unkindly, beating babies like grown-ups.
The position of the law is that anyone who is mentally imbalanced is not fit to handle delicate issues such as those concerning raising children successfully.
“Therefore, Abiodun’s mother is in a better position to take care of them and if Rukayat’s relatives are desirous of seeing them, they are free to approach the court,” the judgement read.
The Customary Court has dissolved the union between Adeoye and Rukayat in July because she was unable to perform her duties as wife
