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Who Owns a Child? Conflict of Culture and Human Right in the Dissolution of Customary Law Marriage in Nigeria

ABSTRACT Using a descriptive design, this study examined the award of child custody in 15 cases of divorce between 2002 and 2016 in a customary court in Southwest Nigeria. Most of the cases were initiated by women on grounds of the negligence of children and wife and domestic violence. Despite this, the custody of children was awarded to the men in almost all cases. The findings of this study provide useful evidence to guide intervention and reform of customary and family laws to ensure greater gender equality in the award of child custody in customary courts in Nigeria.