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Last Updated: May 3, 2008 - 12:41:07 PM |
Gbenga’s wife, Mojisola Obasanjo, had gone to court seeking secret trial of a
divorce suit instituted against her husband. The court has now ruled that it
will commence an open trial on June 4 2008.
The court ruling comes as the family of the former president has been
confronted with all forms of allegations.
The judge in her ruling said the application by Mojisola Obasanjo to prevent an
open court trial of the suit amounts to a breach of the constitutional rights
of journalists to report the court’s proceedings. She however ruled against
publications or reports bothering on the paternity of Mojisola’s two children
whom she claimed were suffering psychological problems due to sensational
reports about her divorce suit.
The judge said the court’s position is to ensure the protection of the rights
of the two under-aged children in line with the country’s child rights law.
Mojisola Obasanjo had in a 17-paragraph affidavit prayed the court not to hear
her divorce suit in secret to prevent the journalists from sensational reports
about her family.
Mojisola is demanding a divorce over allegations that her husband, Gbenga, who
is the first son of former president Olusegun Obasanjo, had been violent to
her.
Gbenga Obasanjo had in a counter affidavit asked a Lagos high court to dissolve
the marriage with his wife, Mojisola, because he doubts the paternity of his
two children.
Gbenga Obasanjo had alleged that his father slept with his wife and rewarded
her with juicy contracts while he served as the president of Nigeria.
Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Obasanjo has not made any public statement
in response to the allegations by his first son since the divorce suit was
reported in the local press in January, 2008
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Source:Ocnus.net 2008
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