In spite of a wife’s passionate plea to the court to save her 18yrs old
marriage, an Agege Customary Court, Lagos granted the prayers of her
50-year-old husband and businessman, Kingsley Onyenobi, and dissolved
the marriage.
The estranged husband said he bought a brand new car for her only for
her to give out the car to her church pastor on the pretext of “sowing
seed”.
The court ruled that the husband’s allegations of infidelity and threat
to his life brought against the wife were weighty enough to warrant the
dissolution of the marriage.
The President of the court, Phillip Williams, who handed down the
verdict, said he was convinced that the couple could no longer live
together as husband and wife.
He ruled, “The two of you should go your separate ways without any molestation or harassment.
“The court has no choice than to dissolve the union in spite of the fact that the wife still claims she loves her husband.”
The estranged husband had on February 11 filed a petition against his
wife, Chioma, citing lack of care, infidelity and threat to life.
The mother of two, who is also a businesswoman, denied the allegations
and pleaded with the court not to dissolve the marriage, saying “I still
love my husband.”
She said, “Please help me to beg him, I am not ready to leave my husband because I still love him.”
Earlier, the estranged husband had told the court that the wife had not
given him peace of mind. He described her as careless and uncaring as
her attitude led to the death of their set of twins.
He said he bought a brand new car for her only for her to give out the car to her church pastor on the pretext of “sowing seed”.
“I injected millions of naira into her business and she could not give proper account till date; my wife is wasteful.’’
NAN reports that in her defence, the wife told the court when she went
for her church convention and the ‘Holy Spirit’ told her not to go back
home with all she brought to the venue.
She said, “So, l left my car, jewellery and other things for the church.’’
She said she could not stay at home most of the time because of the
spiritual war her husband and his family had been waging against her.
“My pastor advised me to leave the house for some time.”