A father-in-law, Alhaji Basiru Ahmed, 67, on Friday prayed an Alakuko Customary Court, Lagos, to dissolve his daughter's 17-year-old marriage on the ground that his son-in-law assaulted him.
Ahmed, who was in the court with his daughter, Adijat Adisa, said he could no longer stand the humiliation and beating he received from his son-in-law, Najimu Adisa.
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