Atiku’s son ,Aminu escapes with son as court awards wife,Bolori custody of kids

There was a tragedy at the Tinubu Magistrates Court yesterday afternoon after the disappearance of Aamir Atiku, the seven-year-old son of Aminu Atiku and his ex-wife Unmi Fatima Bolori.  The boy's mother claimed that Aminu, the son of former vice president Abubakar Atiku, took Aamir and left with him.  The alleged incident occurred at 13:59, a few minutes after Amu lost custody of his 9-year-old daughter, Ameera Atiku, and Aamir 7.  Chief Justice Ayeye granted Bolori full custody of the children after Amuu did not file a response to his request for child custody.  The court ordered Aminu to pay Bolori N250,000 a month for the maintenance of the children, as of this month. He also ordered Aminu to provide medical insurance for the children, among others. In November 2017, Bolori's request for custody of children proposed a nine-point "declaration of arrangement" for children.  She was pleaded by her lawyer, Gloria Albert-Ekpe (Ms) and Ethel Okoh of Festus Keyamo Chambers.  The Applicant requested the court to order Aminu to pay her 300,000.00 Nm per month for feeding and maintenance of the children and 1 million NU per year for their clothing allowance. Bolori also requested an order prohibiting Aminu from taking children "off the shores of Nigeria for any purpose" without her consent.  At the resumption of the hearing yesterday, neither Aminu nor her legal team were present to announce the appearance.


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.”

When Aminu and his legal team eventually arrived at the courtroom at around 1pm, the proceedings were practically over.

The Nation observed him laughing and playing with both kids in the courtroom. At about 1:45pm, he consulted with his lawyers and walked out of the courtroom.

According to Bolori’s counsel Okoh, Aminu “snatched” his son from the mum, locked him in his car before driving off”.

Okoh said last night that Aminu had refused to hand over his son to her client. She said his mother was worried because they were due to catch a flight to her Abuja home today.

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

On October 18, 2017, Chief Magistrate Ayeye temporarily remanded Aminu in a transit cell within the court’s premises after citing him for alleged contempt.

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