Details Of How Nasarawa Court Dissolved Diezani’s Marriage With Madueke Emerge

Fresh details of how the High Court in Nasarawa State dissolved the union between Diezani, the former Minister of Petroleum Resources, and her husband, Admiral Alison Amaechina Madueke, have surfaced.

It was reported that that Admiral Madueke, a former Chief of Naval Staff, filed a petition on July 2, 2024, at the Lagos State High Court, seeking the end to the use of his name.

He argued that her continued use of his name, despite their marital dissolution, was damaging his reputation due to the corruption allegations against her.

She cited that their marriage had broken down irretrievably, noting that they had lived apart for over three years and had not cohabitated for more than a year before she presented her petition.

The couple had lawfully married at the federal marriage registry in Lagos on June 30, 1999, and the marriage had produced one son, Chimezie Madueke, who was 20 years old at the time of the petition.

Her petition stated: “On the grounds that the marriage has broken down irretrievably and by virtue of the fact that the petitioner and the respondent have lived apart for a continuous period of over three years immediately preceding the presentation of this petition, and that the Respondent has not lived together with the petitioner for a continuous period of over one year preceding the presentation of this petition.

“The petitioner, Diezani Alison Maduekwe, whose is at No 2, Wale Olateju Crescent, Lekki Phase 1, Lekki, Lagos, Lagos State, and who is an Architect by occupation, hereby petitions the court for a decree of dissolution of marriage against the respondent whose address is No 2, Wole Olateju Crescent, Lekki Phase 1, Lekki, Lagos, Lagos State, and who is a marine consultant by occupation.

“The petitioner, then a spinster, was lawfully married to the respondent at the federal marriage registry, Lagos State on the 30th June, 1999, according to the provisions of the Marriage Act, and that both were of marriageable age.”