Can a Wife Claim Her Husband’s Property After a Short Customary Marriage?

A friend based abroad met and married a woman from his hometown after they connected online. A few months after the wedding, she moved out and asked her former husband to collect the bride price. About two years later, her family began making financial demands and threatened legal action if he did not settle her. He says he spent about ₦10 million on a marriage that lasted only a few months. He wants to end the marriage formally through a customary court. Since they did not have a court marriage, can she legally claim any of his property?

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