Court Orders Woman To Revert To Maiden Name 11 Years After Divorce
A Customary Court in Rumuogba, Rivers State, on Friday ordered Mrs. Kate Ngbor to revert to her maiden name and stop using her former husband’s name ‘with immediate effect’.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that the claimant, Chief Sam Ngbor, in Suit No: OCC/9/2021, had asked the court to restrain his estranged wife, Mrs. Kate Mgbor, from continuing to use his name 11 years after their marriage had ended.
The Court, after hearing the submissions from E. O. Erhirhi, counsel for the claimant and R.U. Egwenre, counsel for the defendant granted the orders.
Chairman of the Customary Court, His H.A. Nnokam and member, L. G. Wokeh ordered that ‘the defendant has no right, except on the express permission of the claimant, to continue to bear or answer the name ‘Ngbor’ or ‘Sam-Ngbor’ (as the case may be)’.
The Customary Court Chairman, also said, ‘The court ordered the defendant to revert to her maiden name or any other name of her choice, except ‘Ngbor’ or ‘Sam-Ngbor’ as the case may be.
The court restrains the defendant from further bearing the name Mrs. Kate Ngbor or Mrs. Kate Sam-Ngbor (as the case may be) or further parading herself or holding herself out in this names howsoever’ .
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Though the claimant and the defendant did not attend the court session, they were however represented by their legal counsels-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
