Wife Divorces Husband Of Nine Years Over Refusal To Attend Church
By Rashidat Akashat with agency report
An Idi-Ogungun Customary Court in Agodi Ibadan area of Oyo State has dissolved a marriage of nine years over husband’s refusal to attend church with his wife.
According to NAN, the wife Adenike Oladejo petitioned that her marriage be dissolved because her husband of nine years Samuel Oladejo has persistently refused to attend Church with her.
The estranged wife, testified in court on Friday that she cried everyday because of her husband’s reckless way of life.
She explained that her husband always came home late and drunk, adding that he cared less about her and their only child.
Adenike described her husband as “a stubborn and irresponsible family head who preferred spending his money on alcohol.
“I regret marrying him because my parents warned me not to marry him but I did not obey them due to the blind love I had for him.
“I pleaded with him on many occasions to be going to Church, with the aim of repenting from his bad ways of life but he refused.
“My Lord, separate us, I can no longer stay with a man who does not know God but live a sinful lifestyle.”
Divorce seconded
The defendant, Samuel Oladejo agreed to divorce the wife, however, he accused her of abandoning because he is unable to cater for her.
“The court should grant her request but she did not seek for divorce when I had money and things were going on smoothly for me.
“It is now that she wants divorce because I hardly feed her and cater for her needs and our kid because I don’t have the means.”
The president of the court, Mukaila Balogun, dissolved the marriage, saying evidence of both parties proved that they both consented to their separation.
Balogun also gave the custody of the only child of the marriage to the plaintiff and ordered the defendant to paying N3,000 monthly for the upkeep of the child.
