OBANDE FESTUS OGBUINYA, J.C.A. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): This appeal probes into the correctness of the decision of the High Court of Kaduna State, holden at Kaduna (hereinafter addressed as the lower Court), coram judice: Hannatu A.L. Balogun, J., in suit No.KDH/KD/1242/2011, delivered on 22nd October, 2013. Before the lower Court, the appellant and the respondent were the petitioner and the respondent respectively.
The facts of the case, which gave birth to the appeal, are amendable to brevity and simplicity. The appellant and the respondent got married to each other, under the Marriage Act, on 15th November, 2004 at the Marriage Registry, Kaduna North Local Government, Kaduna State. They cohabited at No. 6A Ethiopia Crescent, GRA, Kaduna until 25th March, 2007 when it ceased. The marriage was blessed with a son child. The appellant alleged that, during the short period of cohabitation, the respondent became hostile, treacherous, unaccommodating, was leaving matrimonial home…