CHARLES AKPENE AMEKO vs. SAPHIRA KYEREMA AGBENU

ADJEI,J.A: The Defendant/Appellant dissatisfied with the decision of the Circuit Court, Odumase Krobo delivered on 5th December, 2013 appealed to this Court. The notice of appeal was filed on 4th March, 2014 and would be a subject of comment in the course of the judgment. The facts of the case which culminated in this appeal were that the Petitioner filed a petition against the Respondent for an order dissolving their Ordinance marriage celebrated in 2005 at the Church of Pentecost at Central Akuse, in the Eastern Region. The parties have twins who were seven and half (71/2) years old at the time of the institution of the petition. The petitioner’s claim was that he found the Respondent as disrespectful and quarrelsome after they had gotten married. The Respondent also averred that she was ill treated by the Petitioner. She was accused of being a witch and had a shock from the comment which caused her to be hospitalized at Akuse Government Hospital. The Petitioner willfully fail.....