An Ikorodu Customary Court yesterday ordered Israel Linus detained for kidnapping his two children from the custody of their mother.
Its President Mrs Omolara Abiola, had in 2016 awarded the children’s custody to Mrs Mary Israel after noting that her husband of 14 years was irresponsible.
Abiola ordered the 42-year-old husband to be detained for contempt having been warned not to take the children away from their mother.
“Linus absconded with the children since last December, he was traced and accosted at Ikeja area of Lagos last month.
“He kept the children in a hidden place and had been maltreating them, he also refused to enrol them in school.
“It was the children that secretly informed their mother of their whereabouts through a phone call,” she explained.
Abiola ordered the father not to visit his children again till the court’s verdict.
Mrs Israel, 35, who lives at Lowa Street, Ikorodu went to court to seek the dissolution of her marriage.
The court granted her request and dissolved the marriage after reconciliation efforts failed.
The court granted her custody of the children, saying their father could only visit them at reasonable time of the day.
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