Friday, March 29, 2024

My wife secretly changed religion, stopped preparing my meals, man tells court

A 50-year-old man, Jamiu Adewunmi, has asked an Igando Customary Court in Lagos State, to dissolve his marriage of 24 years with his wife, Kehinde Adewunmi, for coverting to Christianity without his consent.
Adewunmi told the court that Kehinde had also stopped preparing his meals at home since her secret conversion to Christianity.
He also alleged that all his efforts to ensure that his wife toed his own religious line had proved abortive, adding that his home was now in a serious crisis.
Adewunmi said, “My wife was always telling me that she was going for an Islamic programme called ‘Alasalatu’, instead, she would secretly go to a church to worship. I got to know when I broke into her room in her absence, because, lately, she had been locking the room and would keep its key to herself. So, I was curious to know what she was hiding in the room. When I entered her room, I saw pictures where she wore a gown and cap belonging to one of the white garment churches. In the pictures, she posed with some other worshipers wearing the same
uniform.
“I don’t want her anymore because I cannot condone another religion in my house, except the one I am practising. Kehinde has failed in her matrimonial obligations. I warned her several times, but she wouldn’t listen to me. There is no point harbouring a wife that makes me
hungry.”
The respondent, Kehinde, however, pleaded with the court not to dissolve her marriage, promising that she would make the necessary amendment.
“Please, help me beg him. Where will I get a man at my age to marry me, if my husband divorces me? I am ready to make amends, wherever I might have made mistakes; I am not ready to divorce my husband. I still love him and besides, I do not want my children to suffer from this action because they are innocent. Please, save my marriage,” she pleaded.

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