An eight year-old marriage is on the brink of collapse after the man, 31-year-old, Paul Fayemi, on Thursday pleaded with a Badagry Customary Court in Topo, Badagry, to dissolve his marriage to Esther Fayemi on grounds incompatibility.
Fayemi, a businessman and resident at Plot 8, Aquatic Jungle Str., Airplane Base in Povita Badagry, told the court that his wife was troublesome.
His words, “I committed a grievous mistake by marrying Esther. My lord, I met Esther in 2011 when I lost my father.
“She came to commiserate with me on the death of my father and consequently parked her property to my place.
“I made a mistake of accepting her that time because I did not know the different between love and affection.
“She is troublemaker and always makes me unhappy when I am with her. Her family always threatened to kill me.
“My lord, there is no more love between us and I want the court to divorce the marriage so that we can go our separate ways”.
The Esther, who lives at Topo, Badagry with their three daughters, however, denied all the allegations levelled against her.
According to her the husband wants to dump her for another woman.
Her words, “Paul had left me and the three children of the wedlock for two years without bothering whether we eat or not.
“My lord, the problem started when our close friend told me that my husband was planning to marry another wife in Povita, where he lives.
“He went to a Jehovah Witness Church and lied that he is a bachelor and wanted to marry a lady from the church.
“When I got wind of this, I went to the church to tell them that I’m his wife and that we have three children.
“I was surprised when Paul came to his mother’s house where I live on Jan.21 after two years to serve me divorce paper.
“My lord, even with this neglect and suffering, I am not leaving my husband. I have made a pledge that I will not marry two men in my life.
“Even if I suffer more than this, I will stay with him. He is free to marry another woman but he cannot just drive me out like that. I still love him”.
The court’s President, Mr Sakirudeen Adekola, however, adjourned the case until Feb. 7 for further hearing.
Adekola ordered both parties to come with their parents to court on the adjourned date for resolution of the matter.