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Ijeoma Okoli, an indigene of Delta state, has filed divorce against her husband, Ifeanyi Okoli, a pastor at Rhema Pentecostal Church International in Sango-Ota area of Ogun state, after discovering he’s a drug addict.
The 36-year-old mother of two, told an Agege Customary Court, Lagos, that she was fed up with her husband’s bad character.
“My husband is aggressive, untrustworthy and troublesome.
“He failed to tell me that he is addicted to drugs which l later discovered after our traditional marriage in 2007.
“As a result of the drugs, he has become very violent and he abuses me and the children by pouncing on us when he is angry; he may kill us one day if I do not end the marriage.
“I joined him in India in 2009 after I had our first child, when I got to India I realized that my husband is a drug addict.
“The marriage is toxic full of domestic violence, verbal abuses and threats to life.”
She moved on to say that her husband no longer love and care for her and was nonchalant about the welfare of their children.
“I want peace, l do not want any problem in my life, the court should end our marriage as I do not love him again.” she said.
She pleads with the court to grant her custody of their children and to help facilitate the return of the bride price Ifeanyi paid in accordance to their tradition.
The President of the court, Mrs Ibironke Elabor said she observed that the estranged couple was tired of the marriage as all efforts at reconciling them had failed.
“Since both parties consented to the dissolution of the marriage; this court has no choice but to dissolve the marriage.
“The court hereby pronounce the marriage between Mrs Ijeoma Okoli and Mr Ifeanyi Okoli dissolved today, both parties henceforth cease to be husband and wife,” she ruled.
She gave the custody of the two children of the marriage to the petitioner and instructed the respondent to pay N20,000 monthly for their upkeep, education and other bills.
The petitioner’s husband, Ifeanyi, did not appear in court but had given gave his consent for the dissolution of the marriage.
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