Lagos State Government says it has sacked a Customary Court member Ishola Adeyemi for impregnating the wife of a complainant.
Olayemi Ayeni, the complainant, had in a video posted online in 2016, accused Adeyemi of taking an interest in his wife and denying him access to his children after he filed a suit against his wife in 2014. Ayeni’s video recently went viral online despite being six years old.
According to Mr Ayeni, Adeyemi impregnated his wife three months after “hurriedly” dissolving their marriage.
Ayeni said problems arose in his family after he helped set up a school, Greatest Kiddies Foundation, for his wife. He claimed that the success of the school made him lose control of his wife.
He said, “The woman is now carrying nine months pregnancy for that man. What really pained me is that in the ruling, this man denied me access to my children — that I can only see the children at the school premises once in a week.
“The same children now are under his custody. He took over the business I established for that woman. He denied me access to my children. He impregnated the woman now and he still wants to send me to jail.”
Executive secretary of the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, in a statement on Tuesday, said the judge has been sacked after proper investigation.
“The attention of the state government has been drawn to a viral video circulating on the social media space wherein one Mr Olayemi Ayeni (the complainant) alleged that a former customary court member, Mr Ishola Razaki Adeyemi, abused his office by exhibiting unprofessional conduct in a customary court case involving the complainant and his wife and proceeded to snatch his wife and children from him,” the statement reads.
“The matter which occurred between 2014/2015 was investigated by the Lagos State Judicial Service Commission. The findings of the investigation subsequently led to the termination of the appointment of the member of the customary court.”
