UPDATED: Ex-NBA president, Joseph Daudu, loses wife

Mrs. Ranti Daudu, the wife of a former President of the
Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Joseph Bodunrin Daudu (SAN), is
dead.

She was said to have died of a heart attack at a hospital in
Kaduna on Thursday.

Thenigerialawyer recalls that the couple had been living apart
for three years. The union was blessed with six children A former
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president, Joseph Daudu (SAN) plans
to divorce his wife, Abosede who is also a lawyer.

Daudu filed a divorce petition against his wife due to an
unresolved issue that has been going on for years, seeks for the
dissolution of the marriage. The couple who got married on October
24, 1987 in Zaria, had been having issues in the marriage but had
kept it secret.

According to the details of the court processes filed by Daudu
at the Kaduna state high court in July, the marriage has broken
down . Daudu personally signed the petition, on the ground that the
marriage has broken down, because the couple had been living apart
for three years.

Barrister Ranti Daudu

“The petitioner and respondent have not lived under the same
roof or related as husband and wife since march 30, 2013″. The
petitioner does not intend to resume cohabitation with the
respondent”. According to the 15-paragraph affidavit filed in
support of the petition, deposed to by Daudu, the marriage is
blessed with six children. The petitioner is also praying the court
for an order of joint custody of the last child of the family, who
is 15-years old.

The defending counsel, Femi Falana SAN informed
THENIGERIALAWYER that the decease is supposed to give evidence in
the case but fortunately died today.

Meanwhile, the prominent Nigerian Jurist son, Paul Dauda, got
married to Victoria Minimah on July 16th 2016, in Abuja. The event
which took place at International Conference Center was graced by
Nigerian bar Association president Augustine Alegeh, SAN‎, A. B
Mamoud, SAN, Mazi Afam Osigwe General Secretary, NBA, Barr. Silas
Onu and so many other dignitaries.

Daudu who began his law career in 1980, the same year he was
call to the bar. On August 2010, was elected as President of the
Nigeria Bar Association, a position he held until he was succeeded
by Okey Wali on July 2012. Just recently, popular Nigerian singer,
Tiwa Savage granted an interview where she claimed that her husband
was not only a cheat but was an irresponsible man who stole from
her. Although other entertainers have pleaded with both parties to
let peace reign for the sake of their son, Jamil

Mrs. Ranti Daudu, the wife of a former President of the
Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Joseph Bodunrin Daudu (SAN), is
dead.

She was said to have died of a heart attack at a hospital in
Kaduna on Thursday.

Thenigerialawyer recalls that the couple had been living apart
for three years. The union was blessed with six children A former
Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president, Joseph Daudu (SAN) plans
to divorce his wife, Abosede who is also a lawyer.

Daudu filed a divorce petition against his wife due to an
unresolved issue that has been going on for years, seeks for the
dissolution of the marriage. The couple who got married on October
24, 1987 in Zaria, had been having issues in the marriage but had
kept it secret.

According to the details of the court processes filed by Daudu
at the Kaduna state high court in July, the marriage has broken
down . Daudu personally signed the petition, on the ground that the
marriage has broken down, because the couple had been living apart
for three years.

Barrister Ranti Daudu

“The petitioner and respondent have not lived under the same
roof or related as husband and wife since march 30, 2013″. The
petitioner does not intend to resume cohabitation with the
respondent”. According to the 15-paragraph affidavit filed in
support of the petition, deposed to by Daudu, the marriage is
blessed with six children. The petitioner is also praying the court
for an order of joint custody of the last child of the family, who
is 15-years old.

The defending counsel, Femi Falana SAN informed
THENIGERIALAWYER that the decease is supposed to give evidence in
the case but fortunately died today.

Meanwhile, the prominent Nigerian Jurist son, Paul Dauda, got
married to Victoria Minimah on July 16th 2016, in Abuja. The event
which took place at International Conference Center was graced by
Nigerian bar Association president Augustine Alegeh, SAN‎, A. B
Mamoud, SAN, Mazi Afam Osigwe General Secretary, NBA, Barr. Silas
Onu and so many other dignitaries.

Daudu who began his law career in 1980, the same year he was
call to the bar. On August 2010, was elected as President of the
Nigeria Bar Association, a position he held until he was succeeded
by Okey Wali on July 2012. Just recently, popular Nigerian singer,
Tiwa Savage granted an interview where she claimed that her husband
was not only a cheat but was an irresponsible man who stole from
her. Although other entertainers have pleaded with both parties to
let peace reign for the sake of their son, Jamil