A Lagos State
Magistrates’ Court at Tinubu, Lagos Island, on Wednesday ordered Fatima Bolori
to take full custody of the two children she had with Aminu Atiku, a son of a
former Vice-President, Abubakar Atiku.
Bolori and Aminu have
become estranged.
The court’s order
followed arguments by Bolori’s lawyer, Mrs. Gloria Albert-Ekpe from the Festus
Keyamo Chambers, that she should be granted the full
custody of their two
children – Ameera, 9, and Aamir, 7.
Neither Aminu nor his
lawyer was in court.
Bolori’s counsel urged
the magistrate to order Aminu to pay his estranged wife N300,000 monthly as
feeding and maintenance allowances for the children’s upkeep and N1m yearly as
their clothing allowance.
She also sought an order
restraining Aminu from taking the kids “outside the shores of Nigeria for any
purpose whatsoever” without Bolori’s consent.
The magistrate, Kikelomo
Ayeye, granted Bolori’s prayers partly.
She held, “The
respondent failed to file a response. In view of the deliberate absence of the
respondent and his legal team, I am constrained to make these following orders
in default of respondent’s presence and in the best interest of the children to
wit:
“Unmi Fatima Bolori is
hereby granted full custody of Aamir Abubakar Sadiq Aminu Atiku (seven years)
and Ameera Amina Atiku (nine years).
“The applicant is
allowed to reside with the children at her residence at Katampe Extension,
Abuja.
“The applicant is
ordered to put the children in schools suited for their educational needs in
Abuja.
“Access is granted to
the respondent to visit his children in Abuja and request for the children to
spend holidays with him.
“The respondent is
ordered to pay monthly upkeep for the children in the amount of N250, 000.00
monthly beginning January 2018.
“The respondent is
ordered to effect medical insurance on each of the children.”
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