An Orile-Agege Customary Court in Lagos, Nigeria, on Monday dissolved the four-year-old marriage of one Pastor Segun Fasina and his wife, Abosede, over the wife�s alleged wayward life.
The President of the court, Mr Joseph Adewusi, said that the marriage had broken up irreparably. �Starting from today, you cease to be addressed as husband and wife. You shall go your separate ways unmolested.
�The petitioner shall pay the sum of N30,000 to the wife to enable her start a business to keep body and soul together,�� Adewusi ruled.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the petitioner, Fasina, had filed the suit on March 12, seeking dissolution of the union over his wife�s infidelity.
Fasina had told the court that Abosede had lost her sense of dignity and was now smoking and consuming alcohol. The pastor also said that his wife was troublesome and a gossip.�My wife, Abosede, possesses all the bad habits one can think of. She was accused of stealing a phone in our house.
�I believed she actually stole it because of her behaviour. She goes to other co-tenants� apartments to gossip.�And whenever there is any fight in the house, my wife�s name is always mentioned.
�As a pastor, I have prayed for her deliverance from the evil acts but my effort was in vain.�Since the marriage is childless, we owe ourselves nothing. So, I want the court to dissolve the union.�
But, Abosede, 30, a housewife, denied the allegations. �My husband is adulterous. He counsels his church members at home, and I discovered that most of them are ladies.�He was inside the room counselling a woman when I dashed in. � But to my surprise, my husband and the woman were both naked in our bed.
�My husband beat me and threw me out of the house. �When I reported the case to his father, the man said, I should not disturb his son.
�I am not a drunk. My husband saw me with alcohol that was meant to cleanse my stomach, so that I can get pregnant,� she said.
She told the court that despite his adulterous lifestyle, she was still in love with him.
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