Another Pastor Divorces Wife; Set To Marry New Convert

Another Pastor Divorces Wife; Set To Marry New Convert
October 15, 2009 15:27, 1,292 views
 
By Cyriacus Izuekwe

Pastor Ignatus Okolie of the Land of Solution Holy Ghost Ministry, Ikotun, Lagos, has divorced his estranged wife, Mary, and he is set to marry a new member of his church.

The General Overseer of the church had dragged Mary to Alimosho Customary Court, Igando, Lagos State, asking the court to dissolve their five-year-old marriage.

The 27-year-old pastor, whose wife said he was lying about his age, told the court, presided over by Mr. Eko, that he no longer loves Mary.

The pastor, whose church is  located at Ijegun, told the court that he no longer trusted his wife and that he suspects she is sleeping outside her matrimonial home, though he he had not caught her with another man.

He accused Mary of always fighting him and that the relationship had broken down.

While denying all the allegations against her, the woman told the court that she  delivered five children and four of them died mysteriously. The remaining  one is Chidera,  a four-year-old girl.

The 25-year-old woman said that all her efforts to find out why her children died mysteriously always resulted in quarrels between her an d her husband because he warned her not to ask questions. She added that the problem started when she demanded for money from him to start a business and he refused.

She, however, told the court that she was still willing to stay with the pastor if he  changes his ways.

“Because of his bad behaviour, including beating me constantly, I had to relocate to my brother’s house,” she told the court.

Delivering judgment, the court observed that from the evidence available before it, it was obvious that the parties were not compatible as efforts to settle the rift between them had failed.

The court dissolved the marriage and referred the issue of custody of the only child to a family court.

The petitioner was asked to pay the woman the sum of N50,000 for her rehabilitation

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