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FORMER NIGERIAN MINISTER'S HUSBAND ASKS COURT TO STOP HER FROM USING HIS NAME

Alison Madueke seeks court intervention to prevent Diezani from using his name, says it cause him embarrassment.

Alison Madueke, a former Chief of Naval Staff, has submitted a formal request to the Lagos State High Court, requesting for restriction on Diezani, a former Minister of Petroleum, from further using his surname.

Madueke, a former Military Governor of Anambra and Imo States, solemnized his union with Diezani through the Marriage Act on June 30, 1999.

However, in Madueke's request for jactitation of marriage, he alleged that Diezani had initiated divorce proceedings at the Nasarawa State High Court in Mararaba Gurku in November 2021, citing the irreparable breakdown of their marriage.

Since May 2015, he mentioned that he has resided separately from the respondent following her journey to the UK.

He said in petition, “The said dissolution of marriage has now become absolute by the operation of law,” 

“Even though the marriage has been dissolved and is now legally finalised, the respondent continues to use the petitioner’s first name (Alison) and surname (Madueke) as her own without any justification or consent from the petitioner.

“It is now more than two-years that the respondent continues to use the name of the petitioner to his embarrassment.”

“The respondent has continued to hold out herself as the wife of the petitioner even when the marriage has been dissolved,” the petition reads.

“The respondent is undergoing criminal trials in both Nigeria and the United Kingdom. The charge in Nigeria is Suit No. FUC/ABI/CR/208/2010.

“The respondent faces public allegations of corruption and financial misconduct, for which trials are ongoing for both.

“The persistent portrayal of the respondent as the spouse of the petitioner is creating embarrassment, a misleading impression and tarnishing the reputation, integrity, and public image of the petitioner.

“The respondent’s continued use of the petitioner’s first and surname falsely suggests to the public a continuing relationship between the parties though same has since legally ended.

“The respondent’s continued use of the petitioner’s first and family names poses a significant risk of legal and financial harm to the petitioner.

“The petitioner seeks the intervention of this honourable court to prevent the respondent from further using his first name and surname, thereby safeguarding his image, personality, and reputation.”

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