A lawyer had shared how some clients use his colleagues to oppress their estranged partners during divorce proceedings.
Inibehe Effiong narrated an incident that left a woman crying in court this morning amid her divorce from her husband.
He wrote: “Husband and wife are based in Lagos.
“The husband’s lawyer is based in Ibadan.
“The couple got married in Lagos, and have no business in Osun State.
“But the husband’s lawyer has now gone to Osun State High Court to file a petition for divorce.
“The wife’s financial status isn’t impressive.
“The husband knows that the wife has no money to afford the services of a lawyer, and that she will not be able to defend herself in Osun State.
“The man is alleging that the wife keeps malice’ and ‘has never taken the marriage serious’.
“Meanwhile, the police is also harassing the wife on the instigation of the husband.
“All these is happening because the wife has been complaining about the husband’s alleged infidelity.
“I watched this woman cry this morning.
“The fact that the husband is Arab, and can exploit Nigerian institutions in this manner against a Nigerian woman troubles me.
“As lawyers, we should have the courage to dissuade our clients from weaponizing the legal system oppressively.”
Linda Ikeji
