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After 10 years of unresolved marital
crises, an Igando Customary Court in
Lagos on Wednesday dissolved the
marriage between a 42-year- old pastor
and evangelist, Racheal, and her
businessman-husband, Mr Joseph
Aduwo. The President of the court, Mr
Adegboyega Omilola, who gave the
verdict, cited frequent fighting between
the man and his wife.
To the former husband, the dissolution
of the 10-year-old marriage is good
riddance to bad rubbish. ``My wife, who
is a pastor, an evangelist, a church
interpreter and women leader, fought
with nine persons in a day on our
street, wearing only bra and
underpants. ``She is a shameless street
fighter,’’ he told the court.
The court’s president said he was
convinced that the couple could no
longer live together as the petitioner
insisted on divorce after several
unsuccessful interventions. He
ruled:``The court has no choice than to
dissolve the union in spite of the fact
that the wife claims she still loves her
husband. "The court hereby pronounces
the marriage between Joseph Aduwo
and Racheal dissolved today; both
parties henceforth cease to be husband
and wife.
"You are free to go your separate ways
without hindrances and
molestation." The petitioner, Aduwo, 59,
had approached the court seeking the
dissolution of the marriage who he
described as a street fighter. "My wife
one day engaged in fights from 8.00
a.m. to 11.00 p.m. and residents were
begging her to stop but she refused. ``I
also pleaded with her but instead she
cursed me and I was ashamed of myself.
``I had to take her pictures with my
phone when she was fighting in the
public with only brassier and sent the
pictures to her family," he also told the
court. He accused Racheal of maltreating
his three children he had from another
woman. "My wife has been hostile to my
children and they had to vacate my
house and rent an apartment
elsewhere.
"She fights my friends and relatives
anytime they visit me and this has
prevented them from coming to my
house,’’ said the estranged husband,
who pleaded with the court to dissolve
the marriage. Racheal, however, denied
all the allegations, saying: "I used to
prepare food in the morning, afternoon
and evening for my husband. ``The
court should not grant his request for a
divorce as I still love him.’’
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