BENJAMIN AHENKORAH vs. AKOLGO G. LARDI

The parties are husband and wife respectively. They got married in 2013 under Frafra customary law and later in the same year, on 24th August, converted it into an ordinance marriage under the Marriages Act, Cap 127. The petitioner, the husband, is a Laboratory Technician with Bongo District Hospital, whilst the respondent is a National Service Personnel at Baptist Junior High School in Bolgatanga. After their marriage they cohabited in Bolgatanga and have one female child said to be three years old at the time the petition was filed on 8th June, 2016, implying she is almost five years old now. It is the case of the petitioner that the respondent has put up such unreasonable behaviour as a wife that the marriage has broken down beyond reconciliation and they can no longer live together as a married couple. The petitioner’s case is more particularly explained in paragraph 9 to 22 of the petition and for clarity, I hereby hereunder reproduce the relevant portion: “9. That the Res...