44 yr-old Pastor ends marriage after wife refuses to go for ‘deliverance’

A 44-year-old pastor Omotilewa Oke, on Monday, filed for a divorce at an Igando Customary Court in Lagos, over his wife’s refusal to go for deliverance.

The father of two who has been married for six years said his wife, Shola, behaves in an irrational way and was always confrontational and got physical with neighbours over minor issues.

He added that he had stopped sleeping with his wife and eating her food because he did not want any calamity to befall him.

The 44-year-old petitioner also accused his wife of going out and coming in without his permission.

However, 37-year-old Shola, a civil servant, denied the allegations, saying that her husband was an ingrate.

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The mother of two added that her husband was irresponsible and had refused to pay their house rent when it expired and left the house for two years.

Shola consented to the dissolution of the marriage, saying that she was also fed up.

The Court President, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, held that the estranged couple was tired of the marriage and all efforts to reconcile them failed.

The court instructed that the two children, who are minors, should be in their mother’s custody, while the petitioner must be paying N10,000 monthly for their feeding and be responsible for their education and general welfare.

 

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