Indian hemp,'' a 66-year-old pastor, Vincent Omojeya,
told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos State on
Thursday.
Omojeya, the petitioner, begged the court to dissolve
his 36-year-old marriage to his wife, Mary, 58, saying
that he was no longer in love with her.
The pastor said that he did not want to live under the
same roof with them as they might kill him.
He told the court that his wife whom he married 36
years ago, was the one that destroyed his son's life by
not cautioning him anytime he erred.
"My wife always ignores my son whenever he does
wrong things; my son does not sleep in the house, he
drinks a lot and smokes Indian hemp heavily in my
house.
"And anytime I try to scold him, my wife will not allow
me,'' he said.
The pastor said that Mary was also fond of instigating
his children against him, especially his only son to
disrespect him.
"Anytime my wife and I are fighting, she will call my son
and order him to beat me up in her presence.
"There was a day my son threatened to kill me, he
brought out a knife with which he attempted to stab me
in the stomach.
"My son also grabbed my neck but I had to prevent him
from stabbing me and in the process the knife cut my
hand.
"We were taken to the police station where the officers
advised me to pack out of the house for my dear life or
else my family members will kill me.
"I have packed out of the house for two years now and
rented a room thus denying myself the comfort of the
house I built with my money,'' he told the court.
Omojeya also alleged that his son broke the wind
screen of a car he had just bought on hire-purchase
while his wife was there watching him.
However, the 58-year-old Mary Omojeya, in her
defence, alleged that her husband was always cursing
his family members anytime they offended him using
the Holy Bible.
"My husband never prays for either the children or
myself, rather he cursed us using the bible and
assaulted us over any slight provocation,''the mother of
five said.
"My husband has a wire which he always uses to flog
me and the children; he always fights with his friends,
tenants and church members also.
"These always lead us to the police station for
settlement,'' she said Mary said that Vincent was an
ingrate who had forgot that her mother and uncle
sponsored the education of their children up to the
university level.
Then, my husband was always complaining that he did
not have money to sponsor our children's education,
she said.
Mary said that her husband removed the roof on their
flat and
disconnected the wire that was supplying electricity to
their flat thus throwing them into darkness.
She also accused her husband of disconnecting the
pipes that supplied potable water to their apartment.
The development, she added, left the family to buy
water for domestic purposes from unknown sources
and fetching rain water anytime it rained.
She denied the accusation that their son was always
fighting his father on her prompting.
Mary said that rather, their son was always protecting
her from his father whenever my husband was beating
me.
The respondent, however, begged the court not to
grant her husband's wish for the dissolution of their
marriage, saying that she was still in love with her
husband.
The President, Mr Hakeem Oyekan, adjourned the case
to May 27 for further hearing
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