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A 40-year-old man, Mr. Maxwell Madu, has told the Agege Grade 'A' Customary Court that if his wife, Grace Oguche, 24, divorces him, she may die.
Madu said on Monday that his wife had taken an oath of kolanut and water with him in her village. He explained that the oath demanded total loyalty to him.
He added that if the woman defaulted, she might lose her life.
He told the court that Oguche took the oath in the presence of her family members in the village. He said, "I did not know that my wife was having an extra-marital affair, and she was already pregnant for her boyfriend although, she had a miscarriage.
"She cheated even though she had taken an oath that she would never leave me. She took the oath in the presence of her people because she had run away from me in the past.
"She had gone to the village to find a way to break the oath, but they told her it could not be broken except I was present. "She is playing with her life."
Oguche had earlier pleaded with the court to dissolve her union with her husband, because he could no longer perform in bed.
She added that Madu had failed in his responsibilities as a man in terms of providing for the home and their six-year-old son since he lost his job two years back.
Oguche, on Monday, insisted on ending the marriage since she was no longer interested in her husband who could no longer meet her sexual needs.
She claimed that Madu could not impregnate a woman because they had tried a couple of times, but to no avail. Oguche also requested custody of her male child.
She said, "Ever since my husband lost his job, I take care of the responsibilities in the home alone, and he does not appreciate my efforts.
"He also does not perform well in bed. I cannot continue in this marriage and I do not want to leave my son with him." Madu, however, said his wife was never satisfied whenever they had sex, adding that he had begun taking medication to make him more effective.
He also stressed that he did not want their son, Bright, to be in his mother's custody for fear of being neglected.
He said, "My son is the reason I did not send her packing when her boyfriend impregnated her. I do not want her to take the child because she would not take care of him.
"Even she warned me never to leave my child with her.".....Do you support oath taking by lovers..Who do you blame for the breakdown of this marriage?..CKN
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what a pity
ReplyDeleteBaby oku.
ReplyDeleteIgbo people
ReplyDeleteMay hamattan break dat ur mouth, did dey tell u dat everybody is de same, pls don't use ones action to qualify odas.rubbish
DeleteYeruba people may God pornish u with ur family if there call igbo again
DeleteBasket mouth is it al u hv 2 say!y nt back off ad stay cliam,read other peoples comment rather dan start up a fight u can't face or better stil u stop using d internet busy body, nt meant 4 people like u.
ReplyDeleteMy friends marriage is a bound that should not be broken and also it should be base on real love not materia or infantuational love. It should not be on oat or eny other form of spiritualty. Let us read more of histories and study the way of life of some elits who base their marrage relationship on trust and real love.
ReplyDeleteWhether igbo, hausa or yoruba, everyone gets married. And the question here is " do u support oath taking and who do blame for the break down of that marriage? And no been personal on tribe. Well for me oath taking is totally wrong because in the course of marriage an accepted oath had been taking and the woman is responsible for the breakdown of that family. How sure is she that the boyfriend will not also cheat on her. GOODLUCK.
ReplyDeleteNo one shud be blamed for anything,tradition or culture let's the couples withdraw the case from court and go home and sought out their differences. As tradition demands let's the couples go back to the village to meet both parents to sought out their differences as kola nuts were chewed and water taken. pastor hyman,Abuja
ReplyDeleteNa wa sha!rather than som visitors to this blog tackling the issue @ hand they reort to tribal hatred and name calling,igbo,hausa or yoruba,does it matter,the woman was @ fault,its wrong to get pregnant for anothe man while living with one's husband,the man did not stop working,he lost his job,and as for sexual satisfaction,the man says he is trying his best..lol.but seriously the age difference between this two is quite much,the marriage was probably based on selfish motives and they re both likely dissapointed and the woman now wants out,she may have married the man because of money which has not been forthcoming since the loss of his job.I keep saying it to ladies if u want to leave a man leave him when he is doing very well financially,not when he is broke u ll now remember he isn't good in bed.rubbish.
ReplyDeleteOne of the major challenge in Marriage is as a result of Communication gap. Beyond taking care of the home, this marriage is set to crash b'cos of SEX. The husband is making effort, He does not want d wife to leave not minding d fact dt She's cheating on Him, Pregnant 4 another man etc.
ReplyDeleteCouples should discuss sex- esp how d want it. Men MUST as a matter of importance listen to d plite of our Women in these regard.
Let's look 4 solutions as against ethnic distractions. Onye eze...
Ignore dat dude or watever he is,he is just an attention seeking brat. Igbo people Ʊ ass. A̶̲̥̅̊₪d̶̲̥̅̊ as for τ̅Ħ̀ε̅ woman/wife Ʊ can only divorce U̶̲̥̅̊r husband based on d ground of fornication, A̶̲̥̅̊₪d̶̲̥̅̊ na Ʊ D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ even commit d fornication n he forgave Ʊ. Were Ʊ blind wen Ʊ said for beta for worse? Nonsense.
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