Court Remands Akwa Ibom Man In Prison For Refusing to Care For Children

• The Akwa Ibom State High Court has ordered the arrest and detention of a father of three Henry Edet Unung
• Justice Ntong Ntong ordered the police to keep Edet in prison custody for one calendar month for refusing to take care of his children
• The judge said Edet’s action to deliberately refuse to obey the court amounts to disrespect and affront to the majesty of the court

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Uyo, Akwa Ibom state - The arrest and detention of the father of three, Henry Edet Unung, has been ordered by the Akwa Ibom state high court sitting in Uyo for refusing to take care of his children.

As reported by The Punch, Justice Ntong Ntong gave the order while delivering a ruling in a suit brought by Edet’s wife on Thursday, February 9.

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The court also ordered the state Commissioner of Police, CP Ayilara Adedamola, to remand Edet at the Uyo Correctional Centre for one month.

As reported by Daily Trust, Justice Ntong said the respondent deliberately refused to obey the court order delivered on November 9, 2018.

The court said Edet’s action amounts to disrespect and affront to the majesty of the court

“The court made an order that the respondent should pay N20,000 monthly as maintenance allowance, including a bag of rice, beans, garri and other food items for his children, in addition to payment of their school fees, medical needs, clothing and other necessaries.”

The judge ordered “the police to keep the father of three in prison custody for one calendar month before he will be brought before the court to purge himself of the contempt.”

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Ex-wife refused man access to children

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that a Nigerian man opened up about his custody battle with his ex-wife which took a distressing turn during a visitation with his children.

According to the man identified as @TheOdin_II on X, the situation escalated, involving the police and resulting in his remand.

After eight months of navigating criminal allegations while the divorce proceedings were ongoing, he was finally vindicated, regaining his freedom. To move forward, he made the painful decision to let go of his ex-wife, recognising that she was using their children as pawns.

Source: Legit.ng