One Margaret Agwu, on Friday, sought the dissolution of her 33-year-old marriage to her husband, Onu, at an Igando Customary Court in Lagos.
She lamented that her husband sometimes
strips her n@ked and beats her to pulp and narrated how her husband
deceived her and her parents and paid just N600 as her bride price when
she was still 12 years old.
The trader told the court, “When I was
12 years old, my husband came to my village to ask for my hand in
marriage. “He also lied to my parents that he was a businessman and that
he owned a provision store and that he lived in a flat.
“My parents told him that they cannot
release me for marriage because I was too young and besides I was still
schooling. “Onu told my parents that he will send me to school after the
marriage, my parent agreed and he paid the bride price.
“When I got to his house, I discovered
that he was staying in one-room apartment, selling popcorn at the
roadside. “He also refused to fulfill his promise of sending me to
school. “He once punched me in my stomach and I lost my first pregnancy
after a fight. I have lived every minute of my life in fear but I cannot
go back to my parents because of the bride price.“My husband absconded with our five
children 16 years ago. When I called him after he packed out, he just
told me that he was no longer interested in the marriage and since then
he refused to pick my calls. “His relations told me he relocated with
the children to Port-Harcourt. It is 16 years now that I have not seen
nor heard from them.
“I heard that my husband gave our first
daughter’s hand in marriage without my knowledge and that she had given
birth to a son,” she sobbed, urging the court to help her return the
N600 bride price paid by her husband and dissolve the marriage.
“I am no longer in love and I want to move on with my life,” she added.
Onu, was however, called on telephone by an official of the court and he said the petitioner was no longer his wife.
Passing his judgement, the President of
the court, Mr. Adegboyega Omilola, said that it was obvious that the
marriage had hit the rocks.
Omilola said, “Throughout the duration
of this case, the respondent refused to honour court summons, therefore,
the court has no other choice than to dissolve the union.
“The marriage between Margaret Agwu and
Onu Agwu is hereby dissolved from today, both parties are no longer
husband and wife. “Both are free to go their separate ways without any
hindrances and molestation,” the president ruled.
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