An Agege Customary Court in Lagos has dissolved an 18-year-old marriage.
The court granted the prayers of a 50-year-old husband and businessman, Kingsley Onyenobi, who had accused the wife of giving the car he bought for her to her pastor for “sowing seed.”
The court in its ruling noted that all allegations of infidelity and threat to life leveled against the woman by the husband were weighty enough to end the union.
The President of the court, Mr Phillip Williams, who passed the judgment, said he was fully convinced that the couple could no longer live together as husband and wife.
“The two of you should go your separate ways without any molestation or harassment,” he ruled.
“The court has no choice than to dissolve the union in spite of the fact that the wife still claims she loves her husband”, it ruled.
The petitioner had sometime in February filed a petition against his wife, Chioma, citing lack of care, infidelity and threat to life.
The mother of two, who is also businesswoman, denied the allegations and pleaded with the court not to dissolve the marriage, saying “I still love my husband.”
“Please help me to beg him, I am not ready to leave my husband because I still love him,” she said.
Earlier, the now estranged husband described the woman as careless and uncaring as her attitude led to the death of their set of twins.
“I injected millions of naira into her business and she could not give proper account till date; my wife is wasteful”, he stated.
In her defence, the respondent told the court that when she went for her church convention, the Holy Spirit told her not to go back home with all she brought to the venue.
“So, l left my car, jewellery and other things for the church. My pastor advised me to leave the house for some time”, she said.
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