My reaction: "it is a lie from the pit of hell" - Abuja lawyer First Baba Isa against Annebrafa

Read till the end to see my reaction.

A lawyer in Abuja, Baba Firsts Isa counters his fellow who claimed that 4000 divorce applications have already been established in Abuja this beginning of 2020.

His fellow lawyer, Annebrefa, made the claim on Twitter last Friday, including that some of the couples were newly weds. Read here

However, Barr. Firsts Baba Isa described the claim as a "lie from the pit of hell" adding that the total number of all cases including divorce filed at the FCT High Court since the beginning of 2020 is not even up to 2000.

Read Isa's post below:

This is a lie!

Immediately I saw this tweet, I knew it was a big fat lie. But I still called the appropriate authorities to confirm, it is a lie from the pit of hell.

I don't know why anyone will put up such a lie out there. But if the purpose is to get people to bash marriage and lose faith in the institution, I think they have succeeded, a lot; see how a massive lie has gone viral. Even those who should know better have been broadcasting this falsehood.

I'm a core litigation lawyer. Family law is one of my practice areas and I handle quite a number of divorce, custody, adoption, maintenance, etc cases. I'm based in Abuja. Bottomline? I know what I'm talking about.

The total number of cases (all cases o, not just divorce) filed at the FCT High Court since the beginning of 2020 is not even up to 2000, yet. So where did she get her figures from? And note that the High Court is the Court that has jurisdiction to entertain divorce proceedings for marriages contracted under the Act (Court Marriage).

Though other inferior courts like the Customary Court have jurisdiction to entertain divorce proceedings for marriages contracted traditionally, but only a negligible number go there for divorce proceedings. So where did she get her 4000 figure?

How many couples dey this our Abuja sef?

Another crazy angle of this lie is that some of these marriages are less than a year old. In law, you can't bring a divorce proceeding to dissolve a marriage that is less than 2 years old, unless you satisfy some stringent conditions to get the permission of the court.

And less-than-a-year-old marriages have satisfied these conditions and gotten the permission of court to commence divorcé proceedings in two months? Mtcheew.

Na wa o.

Now that it has been proven that Aunty Madam was lying, oya, make una follow share this post o.

- By Firsts Baba Isa (FBI)

My reaction: Where do they get these their statistics gan sef? I know there are so many unhappy couples out there. Personally, I agree with Firsts Baba Isa in this situation despite him not being a divorce attorney. The reason is he went to the court for verification. I mean, if you think about you will see it is too much for just a state. Haba,  under 2 months 4000 cases. If she even said all the whole Nigeria, I might believe. I don't know if it is just a publicity stunt or them chasing clout. I think say dem no dey allow lawyers to dey advertise.  Afroposians, I want to see your comment below.