COURT TO DISSOLVE MARRIAGE ISSUE

56 YR OLD BEGS COURT TO DISSOLVE HIS MARRIAGE
BY EZEORA LINDA

 A 56-year-old man has asked an Igando Customary court to dissolve his 16-year-old marriage – The husband told the court that the wife is defaming his character – The wife urged the court not to dissolve the marriage saying she still loves him Share on Facebook Share on Twitter divorce-court.jpg Emmanuel Adedeji, has told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his 16-year-old marriage before he commits murder. The 56-year-old clearing agent said his wife has maliciously accused him of using his son for ritual. He told the court’s president, Adegboyega Omilola, that his wife, Funmilayo, with whom he had two children in their 16-year-old marriage, was defaming his character.

He said: “My wife accused me of using my physically-challenged son for money ritual. It is God that blessed me with wealth, I never used my son. “Funmilayo beat me up in public and tore my clothes to rags. She is always raining curses on me very early in the morning and those curses are now coming to pass in my life”. Adedeji pleaded with the court to dissolve the marriage, that he was no longer in love and do not want to commit murder. “Please, dissolve the marriage before the devil uses me,” he begged the court. Funmilayo, a 49- year-old food vendor, owned up to the allegation of raining curses on her husband. She said: “Yes, I always rained curses on him because he used to beat me. On two occasions, he had beaten me to pulp and I ended up in hospital.” “My husband has refused to sleep with me for 12 years now for no just cause,” she added. The mother of two also said she accused her husband of using their son for money ritual because immediately the baby was born his money started booming.
She begged the court not to grant her husband’s request, saying she still loves him. The court president adjourned the case till June 23 for further hearing.