<p><strong>FATAYI-WILLIAMS, J.S.C. (Delivering the Leading Judgment): </strong>In Suit No. WD/32/72 filed in the Lagos High Court, the petitioner, now respondent, petitioned for the dissolution of her marriage to the respondent. In the said petition she also payed inter alia,</p><p> &quot;that she may have alimony pending suit, maintenance, maintenance for the children, and a secured provision.&quot;</p><p> Paragraphs 8, 10(c) and 11 of the Petition read:</p><p> &quot;8. That the respondent who is a physicist and educationist and former don at the University of Ibadan and holder of a Ph.D. degree is at present Chief of Mission for Africa under U.N.E.S.C.O. and earns a basic salary of over 10,000 (tax free) in terms of Nigerian currency.</p><p> 10(c) At present the respondent does not maintain the petitioner at all and in so far as the children of the marriage are concerned he only pays their school fees.</p><p> 11. That the marriage between the petitioner and the respondent has broken down irretrievably.&quot;</p><p> While admitting in his Answer to the Petition th…</p>