NYIKPA LUCY V. SIMON QUIST AYIKU
(2023) JELR 112165 (HC)
High Court
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E6/11/2023
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24 Jul 2023
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Ghana
Coram
CHARITY A. ASEM (MRS.), J
Appearances
GODWIN KPOBLE FOR PETITIONER
RESPONDENT IN PERSON
Judgement
<p class="ql-align-center"><strong><u><span style="background-color: transparent">JUDGMENT</span></u></strong></p><p><strong><span style="background-color: transparent">BY COURT</span></strong><span style="background-color: transparent">:</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">Let the petitioner be sworn to testify. Both do not wish to call any witnesses.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">S. O. B in English.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">Q:  Give your full name to the court.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">A:  Lucy Nyikpa is my name.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">Q:  Where do you stay?</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">A:  Ho, Barracks Newtown.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">Q:  What work do you do?</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">A:  Police Officer.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">Q:  You know respondent.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">A: Yes.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">Q:  How do you know him?</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">A:  He is my husband.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">Q:  When did you get married to him?</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">A:  At Atimpoku Mckeown Temple on 3/02/2018, Church of Pentecost.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">Q:  Where did you both stay after the marriage?</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">A: Ho.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">Q:  You filed this petition seeking dissolution of the marriage, why?</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent">A: We got married in 2018 and we were happy at first but I got to know he was cheating on me. When I got pregnant he denied the pregnancy. When I delivered I informed him. When he came he insisted to do DNA before he could accept the child because he accused me falsely of adultery. Later he and his family came to apologize. Since I got pregnant he did not take care of me as his wife. The baby was born …</span></p>