I'll Kill My self If You Don't Dissolve My 15 Years Marriage..Igbo Man Begs Court

A 44-year-old civil servant, Mr Vitus Egemonu, on Tuesday, pleaded with the Grade `A’ Customary Court, Agege, Lagos, to divorce his marriage of 16 years over his spouse alleged disobedience, lack of respect and threat to life.

The father of five children, aged between six years and 15 years, and who lives at No. 9, Olowo Street, Papa Ashafa, Agege, Lagos, told the court that his voice had not been heard in his home in the past 10 years.

“For the past 10 years, my wife has been moving from one church to the other, claiming that it was God that sent her to be doing so.

“She carries the bible from morning till night and has not obeyed what it says about a wife being submissive to her husband.

“She has refused to cook at home for the past 15 months, meaning that I have not eaten at home since then, all in the name of church programmes, bible colleges and fellowships,’’ he said.

Egemonu also told the court that his wife, Victoria, had fought with almost all the tenants in their house, all in the name that God told her that they were all witches and wizards.

“I was a bachelor when I rented the house we are now. I have not fought with anyone in the house, until my wife came in.

“She always fights with our landlady and calls her a witch. My wife told the woman that she used her daughter’s foetus for money; now we have been given a quit notice to move out.

“She brainwashed my daughter such that the girl looked straight in my eyes and said the Lord told her that this year will be a year of joblessness for me,’’ he said.

Egemonu also told the court that his wife said God told her that she should not be celebrating Christmas or put on any red clothes.