A teacher, simply identified as Mrs Uju Onyekachi, on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, pleaded with the Igando Customary Court of the Igando-Ikotun LCDA, Alimosho area of Lagos to dissolve her marriage to her husband, Mr Jude over the fear of domestic abuse and being beaten to death.
According to reports, Mrs Onyenachi, who also told the court that her husband constantly beats her, said; “I am scared of domestic violence. The case of men beating their wives to death is getting rampant, I don’t want to end up a victim.”
Onyekachi, who lives in Ijegun, Lagos also alleged that Jude uses abusive words on her and calls her good for nothing.
“I am the only one working, he stays at home doing nothing, and he never helps me do anything.
“He calls me names and threatens me. My family has tried several times to intervene but he has refused to stop, he disrespects my family. Due to his attitude, my family members have stopped visiting me.”
She further told the court that her husband said that his love for her has reduced.
“He said he loves me only 20 per cent. I want to move on with my life,” she said.
She also begged the court to order her husband to take the dowry he paid to her family before their marriage.
The President of the Court, Adeniyi Koledoye, dissolved the union as the respondent, Jude, refused to show up in court to give evidence.
“Using abusive words on one’s wife is disrespectful. If a woman submits to her husband, the husband ought to honour and respect her in return but in this case; the respondent did not demonstrate any act of affection to his wife.
“He didn’t make any attempt to stop the petitioner from going on with the divorce or defend the suit, this is an indication of no more love and the marriage has broken down beyond retrieve and as such, the dissolution of their marriage succeeds,” he said.
