‘My wife abandoned her duties as wife, mother for church activities’

‘My wife abandoned her duties as wife, mother for church activities’

Divorce

Published By: Ayorinde Oluokun

By Judith Ezeudogu

A divorce-seeking public servant, Mr Aku Bakari has told a customary court in Abuja that his wife, Mary, no longer has time to take care of the family because of her pre-occupation with church activities.

“My wife no longer has time for me and our children, she is always going to church. Sometimes she goes to church on Friday and sleeps there until Sunday evening,” Bakari told a Customary Court in Nyanya.

Bakari added that his wife was too involved in church activities and as such, has abandoned her duties as a wife and mother.

“She does not want to know whether we eat or not, the husband, a resident of Nyanya, Abuja added.

Baraki said he tried to stop his wife from going to that church but she refused.

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“We were happily living together as husband and wife until the year 2010 when I started noticing some strange behaviours in my wife especially her mode of dressing.

She stopped wearing earrings and necklaces, claiming that those things belonged to the devil.

“That was when I noticed that she had stopped attending our family church, the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (NCCN), and was attending another church where she is being brain washed. I told her to stop, but she refused it is on this account that I wish to divorce her.” He said.

The respondent, Mary who is a cleaner was present in court but denied the allegations.

The presiding judge, Doocivir Yawe, advised the couple to reconcile for the sake of the children and adjourned the matter until Jan. 30 for hearing.

(NAN)