Admiral Alison Madueke has filed a petition in the Lagos State High Court, seeking a legal declaration to end his marriage to Diezani and demanding that she quit using his last name.
He is asking the court to order the former Minister of Petroleum Resources to revert to her maiden name, Agama.
This request is part of Madueke’s petition for jactitation of marriage, which is a legal declaration that a marital union has ended.
Madueke argues that Diezani’s ongoing use of his name despite their marriage being legally over is damaging to his reputation and could lead to unintended consequences, including mistaken liability, particularly given the corruption allegations against her. Madueke is a former military governor of Anambra and Imo states.
He married Diezani on June 30, 1999, under the Marriage Act. Madueke stated that Diezani had previously filed for divorce at the Nassarawa State High Court in Mararaba Gurku in November 2021, citing an irreconcilable breakdown of their marriage, seeking to end their union formally.
He said he did not oppose the suit, resulting in the court’s dissolution of the marriage, yet Diezani persists in using his surname, despite the formal termination of their marital union.
He revealed that he directed his legal representatives to serve Diezani a formal request on December 14, 2023, demanding that she cease using his surname and revert to her maiden name, Agama.
However, despite this legal notice, Diezani has failed to respond and continues to use his name. Madueke sought an order of perpetual injunction restraining Diezani from further using his names following the dissolution of their marriage.
He also prayed for a perpetual injunction restraining the respondent from further asserting, by words or conduct, the existence of marriage between them.
He is also seeking a court order that compels Diezani to revert to her maiden name and to publicly announce in a national newspaper, both in Nigeria and the UK, that she has ceased using his surname.
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