Court Grants Atiku’s Son Temporary Custody Of Children
A Lagos State Chief Magistrate court sitting in Tinubu on Wednesday granted Aminu Atiku, the son of former Vice President Abubakar Atiku, interim custody of his two children.
Chief Magistrate Kikelomo Ayeye granted custody of the children, Amirah, eight, and Amir, six, to Aminu, so as to allow them complete their third term in their school in Lagos.
The Magistrate, who made the order during continued hearing of a child custody suit filed by the children’s mother, Ms Fatima Bolori, directed that both children should be in his custody from November 1 till January 10, 2018.
Although the court’s proceedings were conducted in camera, Leadership learnt that Aminu told Magistrate Ayeye that he had paid both children’s school fees for the entire year.
He urged the court to allow the children live in his Lagos home, until the next hearing of the suit.
The court, however, ordered Aminu to write a letter to the children’s school, introducing Fatima as their mother and permitting her unfettered access to Amirah and Amir in their school, at any time of the day.
The court directed Aminu to allow Amirah and Amir to spend weekends, public holidays, including Christmas holidays, with Fatima whenever she was in Lagos.
Chief Magistrate Ayeye also ordered Aminu to deposit both children’s international passports in their mother’s custody.
The children, who entered the courtroom at 1:28pm in the custody of their mother, played for a few minutes with their father who arrived earlier.
At 2p. m, the parties moved to the judge’s chambers and hearing began.
However, a few minutes later, Amirah walked out of the magistrate’s chambers in tears, but she was consoled by a lawyer and returned to the room.
The case was adjourned till January 10 for further hearing.