An Abuja based public servant, Mr. Ekene Odinaka, on Monday asked a Customary Court in Nyanya, Abuja to dissolve his marriage to Chioma, on grounds that he has not known peace since he married her.
The couple have been married for seven years.
Odinaka, a resident of Jikwoyi, made the allegation while testifying in a divorce petition he filed against his wife.
He said: “I am exhausted in this marriage. Since I married my wife, I have not known peace.
“She is always fighting me. The worst of it all is that she pours water on me to disturb my sleep.
“She goes around castigating me. She tells everyone who cares to listen to her that I am a bad man.
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”This has greatly tarnished my image.”
He told the court that he would give N10,000 monthly for the upkeep of their baby and also get his wife a job so that she will have enough money to carter for their baby.
The respondent was absent in court and did not send any message as to why she was absent.
The presiding judge, Shittu Mohammed, in his ruling, therefore ordered that “In view of the circumstances and in the interest of Justice, hearing notice will be pasted at the respondent’s residence.”
He adjourned further hearing to Feb. 10.