There was a mild drama at Ejigbo Customary
Court in Lagos State, western Nigeria, on
Monday when a housewife, Mariam Jimoh
rejected the divorce suit instituted against her
by her husband, Sunday, insisting that they
must continue with their 10-year old
marriage.
Mariam was taken to court by her husband
who is from Oyo State, seeking for the
dissolution of their marriage because he
claimed that he no longer loved her.
The mother of two insisted that her husband
still loves her as they are still living together
in the same apartment, sleeping together in
the same bed and making love regularly as
husband and wife.
The woman also revealed in the court that
Sunday made love to her that early morning
before they came to court for trial.
She wondered why Sunday would claim he
was no more in love with her whereas they
are planning to have another baby.
Ogun State-born Mariam said that they are
living peacefully because he provides for
them and she was still playing her role as his
wife by taking care of him and children.
She asked: “where does he want me to go
after two kids and the sacrifices I have made
for 10 years to keep the relationship?”
The embittered wife said she was still
surprised that her husband brought her to
the court seeking for divorce even when she
showers him with love.
She narrated that they started the
relationship when she was in secondary
school and they later got married without the
consent of her parents.
She said the relationship produced two
children, David, 6, and Simon, 4, despite the
fact that she did not pay her bride price.
Mariam said she was surprised when she
received court summons to appear before the
court, adding that the summons did not stop
them from living as couple.
Sunday confirmed that they are still living
together because of the children and said he
was tired of the marriage because her parents
did not support it in the first place.
While the matter was going on in court, the
parents of the couple who had not met each
other since the marriage started 10 years ago
appeared in court.
They pleaded with the court to allow them
step into the matter to resolve it out of court
because of the children. Consequently, the
court adjourned till 30 July, 2014 for report
of settlement.
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