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1. That Cadi was wrong in his Judgment when he decided to give children to
respondent whilst the said children were out of wedlock
2. That Cadi was wrong when he failed to ask whether we have legally married
or not
3. That the Brikama Cadi Court was wrong in Law for not allowing the
appellant to give her side of the story and proceed to give judgment which is
wrong in equity
4. That the orders made by the Brikama Cadi Court are wrong in Law and
against the rules of custody as mentioned in the Holy book, the Quran.
5. The Brikama Cadi court failed to take into consideration that the appellant
was taking full care of the said children
The following reliefs were sought:
1. That the order in respect of the court be set aside and an order be made for
the appellant to have legal custody of the said children.
2. That the decision taken by the court be set aside
3. Any other or further orders that the court deems fit.
Both parties- the appellant and the respondent have no counsels. We asked
the appellant on her name used in the lower court; and she said when she converted
to Islam her name was Isatou Silva and on her reversion to Christianity her name is
Michel Silva. We requested the appellant to give any additional grounds of appeal
and she gave the following:
6. I have been with the children for eight and a half consecutive months but the
respondent paid maintenance only for one month.
7. My children should be located where I can see them conveniently.
The appellant said that is all about my grounds of appeal. I will now
expatiate on them. Let me start with ground 2 and tell the panel that there was no