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Atiku’s son rejects N.25m monthly upkeep, in fresh children’s custody battle
A former Vice-President, Abubakar Atiku’s son, Aminu, on Thursday told an Igbosere High Court in Lagos to upturn a magistrates’ court’s decision, which awarded the custody of his two children to his ex-wife, Fatima Bolori, as well as a N250,000 monthly upkeep.
Aminu told Justice Kazeem Alogba that the lower court failed to obey his constitutional right of fair hearing before granting verdict in Fatima’s favour.
Recall that a Magistrate Kikelomo Ayeye sitting at Tinubu on Lagos Island awarded full custody of the ex-couple’s daughter, Ameera, 11, and son, Aamir, 7, to Fatima.
The lower court held that Aminu failed to file a response to Fatima’s application for the children’s custody.
But Aminu, through his counsel, Oyinkan Badejo, filed an application to the high court seeking leave to appeal the lower court’s judgment and another application for a stay of further execution of its terms.
The first application, a motion on notice, was brought pursuant to Section 70 of the Magistrates’ Court Law, 2009 and supported by a 16-paragraph application.
Badejo said, “In response to whether the applicant has shown sufficient grounds for the grant of the application, there is not more sufficient ground than the party’s right to fair hearing.
“We arrived at the magistrates’ court at 12.30 p.m., believing the matter was for mention at 1.00 p.m.”
On the second application, Badejo urged the court to vary the conditions attached to the custody order.
“We are not seeking a stay of the execution of the judgment but some of the terms were onerous.
“We were asked to pay N250,000 for the upkeep of two young children and medical allowances. We find that rather onerous,” he said.
Fatima’s counsel, Mr. O. N. Olabisi and Mr. Ethel Okoh, opposed Badejo.
But in a bench ruling, Justice Alogba granted Aminu leave to appeal the lower court’s judgment.
Further hearing was adjourned until May 17 and June 14.
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