A housewife, Jecinta Eyisi, on Thursday, pleaded with an Ojo Customary Court, Lagos State, to dissolve her 11-year-old marriage to her husband, Ebele, because her mother forced her to marry him.
Jecinta, who is 28 years old, told the court that she could no longer continue the marriage to Ebele, a trader, who is more than 20 years older than her.
"I cannot continue with the marriage because I never loved him, it was my mother that forced me to marry him. She said that she would take her life if I refused.
"As it is, I need this divorce quickly because I cannot continue to suffer in silence. After 11 years of bondage, I no longer care what happens to my mum," she told the court.
She told the court that her five children, four boys and a girl, would not be a setback to her happiness, saying they would rather share the custody of the children.
"I am appealing to this court to impress on my husband to grant me custody of the twin boys and my only girl as I am capable of taking care of their needs," she said.
Jecinta noted that the four years old twins were too young for her to release to her husband, adding that the husband was insensitive to their family needs.
She pleaded with the court to quicken the divorce process so that she could formalise her travel documents for her business as he failed to send her to school as earlier promised.
The husband, however, told the court that his wife developed her recent attitude following her interaction with friends who encouraged her to leave him.
"My wife joined bad friends who were not married and they encouraged her to shift to another man. As I speak, she has given birth to a child for another man. I do know and that is why she wants to divorce me.
"She left me two years ago because my business was no longer like before. I married her in 2004 when we had our traditional wedding and later church wedding in 2005," Ebele said.
Ebele told the court that he would not grant custody of the twin boys to the wife because she was already in the hands of another man who was unknown to him.
"I can only allow her to take our only girl. After all, she has promised to return my dowry of N5,100 which I paid to her parents when I married her," he said.
President of the court, Chief Joseph Ogunmola, advised the couple to maintain peace and adjourned the case till August 17.

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Foolish woman

What a wife!! it is her shameful act that'll kill her mother not the separation

lilmax:
Foolish woman

So, will you continue if you were the one ?

Hope her husband allegation is not true. She is married and has given birth for another man. If its true, she destroyed her home. She should have been discipline and patience enough to wait after the divorce before opening her leg for another man. Nonsense

Nigerian parents destroying their children's lives since 950 BC.

She pleaded with the court to quicken the divorce process so that she could formalise her travel
documents for her business as he failed to send her to school as earlier promised.

this excuse this woman just gave for the divorce to be hasten is just absurd......




she should just say..... she has seen a better person than all this excuse

Hmmmmm..

Na women be that for you. If na man now feminist go dey scream 'Crucify him! Crucify him!'. Ndi ara.