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Atiku’s Son, Aminu Disappears With Son As Court Grants Wife Custody Of Kids

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Aminu Atiku, the son of the former Vice President Atiku Abubakar allegedly disappeared with his 7-year-old son, Aamir Atiku.

His ex-wife, Unmi Fatima Bolori told Tinubu Magistrate’s Court yesterday that Aminu snatched Aamir and drove off with him after the court granted her the custody of her daughter, Ameera Atiku, 9 and Aamir.

Bolori, daughter of Maiduguri businessman Alhaji Bukar Bolori, and Aminu got married in Ghana in 2007, but they separated in 2011.

Chief Magistrate Ayeye granted Bolori full custody of the children after Aminu failed to file a response to her application for child custody.

The court ordered Aminu to pay Bolori N250, 000 monthly for the upkeep of the children, beginning from this month and carry out medical insurance on the children among others.

Bolori had on November 2017 in an application for child custody proposed a nine-point statement of arrangement for the children.

The applicant prayed the court to order Aminu to pay her N300,000,00 monthly as feeding and maintenance allowance for the children’s upkeep and N1million yearly as their clothing allowance.

Bolori also sought an order restraining Aminu from taking the children outside Nigeria without her permission.

Naija News gathered that at the resumed hearing of the matter yesterday, Aminu and his legal team were not present.

Chief Magistrate Ayeye said: “The respondent failed to file a response. In view of the deliberate absence of the respondent and his legal team, I am constrained to make these following orders in default of respondent’s presence and in the best interest of the children to wit:

“Unmi Fatima Bolori is hereby granted full custody of Aamir Abubakar Sadiq Aminu Atiku (seven years) and Ameera Amina Atiku (nine years).

“The applicant is allowed to reside with the children at her residence at Katampe Extension, Abuja. The applicant is ordered to put the children in schools suited for their educational needs in Abuja. Access is granted to the respondent to visit his children in Abuja and request for the children to spend holidays with him.

“The respondent is ordered to pay monthly upkeep for the children in the amount ofN250, 000.00 monthly beginning January 2018. The Respondent is ordered to effect medical insurance on each of the children.”

It was learnt that Aminu and his legal team eventually arrived at the courtroom when the proceedings were practically over.