Mrs. Hassana Sunday, a 38-year-old petty trader, has
dragged her husband, Mr Jiba Sunday, to a Garki Customary Court in Abuja “for
not performing his conjugal duties.”
Hassana told the court that her husband had failed
to perform his duty as her lawfully wedded husband. According to her, “My
husband has abandoned me for over four years; he has not been touching me,” she
told the court.
She said her husband had also neglected the welfare
of their children and of the entire family: “I have been the only one catering
for the children. My husband does not care to know if the children are going to
school or not… He does not even ask whether they feed or not. He has
practically left me with the maintenance of the family,” she said. Continue after the cut...
The complainant then pleaded with the court to
dissolve the marriage and to issue a court order on her husband mandating him
to take care of their four children. Hassana prayed the court to also allow her
the custody of the children, adding that, “the children are more used to me
than their father.”
However, in his defense, Sunday said that he did not
want the marriage dissolved, adding that he had spoken to his pastor about the
matter.
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