ADULTERY: Court Dissolves Pastor’s Marriage

•May be expelled from church

The legal battle between Pastor Sunday Akangbe and his wife Grace Bose Akangbe has finally laid to rest as the president of a Grade “A” CUSTOMARY COURT, Meiran, Lagos Mrs. Zainab Gafar dissolved the marriage.
Sunday Akangbe in a suit numbered ACC|054|CV|2008 accused his wife of committing illicit affairs with some of the youths in the church in which she impregnated for two of the church members, Kunle Olubote and Mayowa Oluyomi.
Although, the wife was absent in the court despite all summons served on her, but the court president maintained that her absent will not prevent justice to be delivered.
In her ruling, Mrs. Zainab Gafar said “from the evidence before this honorable court, it is obvious that the petitioner has no interest in the marriage any longer due to the promiscuity of the respondent {the wife].
The marriage has broken down irretrievably. For this reason the court has no option than to grant the prayer pf the petitioner since he has no legal power to enforce the relationship, in accordance to Lagos state customary court law cap c 19, order 7, rule3, the evidence hereby order as follows; that the marriage between Sunday and Grace Akangbe is hereby dissolved and should seized to be address as husband and wife.
The custody of the 4th child Peter and 5th child Ruth is granted to Kunle Olubote and Mayowa Oluyomi respectively. They should be in custody in the children after thy attain age of 6 years. This is in reference to the acceptance of them being responsible for the two children.
Meanwhile court scene gathered that the disciplinary committee has been set up by the Christ Apostolic Executive members to look into the matter as the father of the wife who was a time District Overseer petitioned the Headquarters church seeking for the dismissal of Pastor Sunday Akangbe from the church.
Investigations are still in progress.