A divorce-seeking Arabic teacher, Alfa Gasali Gafaru, on Friday
dragged his second wife, Rashidat, before an Idi-Ogungun Customary
Court for disrespecting him and his senior wife.
In his testimony before the court, Gafaru described the
defendant as a troublesome woman who has no respect for him and his
first wife.
”I married her four years ago when I had a misunderstanding with
my first wife.
”But trouble started when my first wife returned home after we
resolved our dispute.
”Rashidat always curses me and my senior wife without
recognising me as the head of the family.
“I therefore urge the court to dissolve my relationship with
her. I pledge to pay my dues as regards the upkeep of the two kids
of the marriage.
“The court should separate us to avoid the temptation of harming
her due to her provocative behaviour,” Gafaru said.
Rashidat, 37, in her defence, urged the court not to grant the
petitioner’s request for divorce, saying she was nursing a
month-old baby.
She accused her husband of conspiring with his senior wife to
frustrate her out of her matrimonial home.
The defendant denied ever cursing her husband and his senior
wife, adding that “he is the one that treats me like a slave.”
The President of the court, Chief Mukaila Balogun, held that
although the defendant was tired of the marriage, “the plaintiff
had proved in his statement of readiness to quit the
marriage.’’
Balogun therefore dissolved the marriage and ordered a monthly
payment of N8,000 by the petitioner to the defendant as upkeep
allowance for the two children of the union.
He further ordered the plaintiff to pay N5,000 to the defendant
as cost to enable her pack her belongings from his house and an
additional N12,000 to enable her secure an accommodation.(NAN)
A divorce-seeking Arabic teacher, Alfa Gasali Gafaru, on Friday
dragged his second wife, Rashidat, before an Idi-Ogungun Customary
Court for disrespecting him and his senior wife.
In his testimony before the court, Gafaru described the
defendant as a troublesome woman who has no respect for him and his
first wife.
”I married her four years ago when I had a misunderstanding with
my first wife.
”But trouble started when my first wife returned home after we
resolved our dispute.
”Rashidat always curses me and my senior wife without
recognising me as the head of the family.
“I therefore urge the court to dissolve my relationship with
her. I pledge to pay my dues as regards the upkeep of the two kids
of the marriage.
“The court should separate us to avoid the temptation of harming
her due to her provocative behaviour,” Gafaru said.
Rashidat, 37, in her defence, urged the court not to grant the
petitioner’s request for divorce, saying she was nursing a
month-old baby.
She accused her husband of conspiring with his senior wife to
frustrate her out of her matrimonial home.
The defendant denied ever cursing her husband and his senior
wife, adding that “he is the one that treats me like a slave.”
The President of the court, Chief Mukaila Balogun, held that
although the defendant was tired of the marriage, “the plaintiff
had proved in his statement of readiness to quit the
marriage.’’
Balogun therefore dissolved the marriage and ordered a monthly
payment of N8,000 by the petitioner to the defendant as upkeep
allowance for the two children of the union.
He further ordered the plaintiff to pay N5,000 to the defendant
as cost to enable her pack her belongings from his house and an
additional N12,000 to enable her secure an accommodation.(NAN)
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