Abuja-based lawyer, Firsts Baba Isa has debunked claims by his Recall that a lawyer, Annebrefa, made the claim on Twitter last However, Barr. Firsts Baba Isa described the claim as a “lie from the Read Isa’s post below:
This is a lie! Immediately I saw this tweet, I knew it was a big fat lie. But I still I don’t know why anyone will put up such a lie out there. But if the I’m a core litigation lawyer. Family law is one of my practice areas and The total number of cases (all cases o, not just divorce) filed at the Though other inferior courts like the Customary Court have jurisdiction How many couples dey this our Abuja sef? Another crazy angle of this lie is that some of these marriages are less And less-than-a-year-old marriages have satisfied these conditions and Na wa o. Now that it has been proven that Aunty Madam was lying, oya, make una follow share this post o. – By Firsts Baba Isa (FBI)
learned colleague that 4000 divorce applications have already been filed
in 2020 in Abuja
Friday, adding that some of the marriages involved were just a year old.
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pit of hell” adding that the total number of all cases including
divorce filed at the FCT High Court since the beginning of 2020 is not
even up to 2000.
called the appropriate authorities to confirm, it is a lie from the pit
of hell.
purpose is to get people to bash marriage and lose faith in the
institution, I think they have succeeded, a lot; see how a massive lie
has gone viral. Even those who should know better have been broadcasting
this falsehood.
I handle quite a number of divorce, custody, adoption, maintenance, etc
cases. I’m based in Abuja. Bottomline? I know what I’m talking about.
FCT High Court since the beginning of 2020 is not even up to 2000, yet.
So where did she get her figures from? And note that the High Court is
the Court that has jurisdiction to entertain divorce proceedings for
marriages contracted under the Act (Court Marriage).
to entertain divorce proceedings for marriages contracted traditionally,
but only a negligible number go there for divorce proceedings. So where
did she get her 4000 figure?
than a year old. In law, you can’t bring a divorce proceeding to
dissolve a marriage that is less than 2 years old, unless you satisfy
some stringent conditions to get the permission of the court.
gotten the permission of court to commence divorcé proceedings in two
months? Mtcheew.
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