A 50-year-old machine operator, Franklin Temitayo, has approached an Agege Customary Court in Lagos State, seeking the dissolution of his 14-year-old marriage.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Franklin, who hails from Ondo town in Ondo State , told the court that there was no more love between him and his wife, Titilayo, whom he described as arrogant and insatiable.
The father of three said: “My wife is disrespectful and troublesome; she no longer loves and cares for me as her husband.’’
He told the court that his wife had made his home a hell, alleging that she never gave him peace of mind whenever he returned home from work.
“Despite all my efforts to provide and care for the home, she is never appreciative and considerate, as she keeps demanding for more.
“Whenever I give my wife feeding allowance, she diverts the money to her personal use and demands for more money.
“There was a time she held onto my shirt and stopped me from going to work, demanding money from me.
“I try my best to cater for my family to the best of my ability, but my wife is never satisfied, all she cares about is money,” he said.
The petitioner told the court that he was no longer interested in a union with an abusive, troublesome and rude woman.
“I moved out of the house out of frustration; I could no longer bear her excesses.
“There was a time I dreamt we fought and she died in the process.
“I want the court to therefore, separate us because I do not want to be involved in a murder case. All I want is to live comfortably and in peace,” he said.
Titilayo, who hails from Abeokuta, Ogun, but lives in Lagos State, however, denied all the allegations leveled against her.
She called her husband a liar and an irresponsible man.
“Whenever he was paid salary; he would avoid coming home for days. He got angry and stopped working after I reported him at his work place.
“My husband is irresponsible and uncaring; he neither gives us feeding allowance nor knows how I pay the children’s school fees.
“He abandoned the children and I for four years and only showed up when my mother died early this year.
“He came to visit the children and on the pretext and took them away.
“He would flare up whenever I asked for money and this became worrisome and annoying as the burden of feeding the house, paying house rents and school fees became unbearable for me,” she said.
The 34-year-old saleswoman, however, told the court that she would not want her marriage dissolved because of their children.
“I do not want to end the marriage because of the love l have for my children. I do not want them to grow up under separated home,” she said.
She, therefore, urged the court to help her resolve the issues between her and her husband.
The court president, Mrs. Patricia Adeyanju, advised the estranged couple to keep peace and adjourned the case till January 21 for an alternative dispute resolution.
Bros no! Is for better for worse,more so that will mean adultery if done according to Christian teaching.The reason is not for which divorce is allowed in xtain Dom .pls read ur scripture for more information.
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