Joshua Ibeneme, a pastor, on
Wednesday approached an Igando customary court in Lagos to end his 21-year-old
marriage to his wife, Uzoamaka for allegedly having sex with two of his church
members.
Ibeneme told the court that his
wife was messing around with his male members.
“My wife had sexual affair with
two of my church members, a deacon and a bishop. Both were boasting telling my
other members that they slept with my wife because she enticed them,” he said.
“Whenever I return from a trip,
my last born always tells me that men came to pick and drop my wife. Even God
told me to divorce her or else she will destroy my ministry.”
The petitioner said his wife
denied him sex for five years.
“My wife starved me of sex for
over five years. Whenever I want to sleep with her, she will be given one
excuse or another, in fact, she had moved out of my room to a separate room,”
he said.
“But she gives it to my members
freely.”
The 53-year-old pastor said that
his wife was always mocking and embarrassing him in public telling people about
his sexual performance.
He said Uzoamaka always accused
him of having affairs with any female member who came to the house for
counselling.
“She accused them of dating me
and also goes to their houses to fight them. Her behaviour and attitude have
chased members away from my church,” he said.
According to him, Uzoamaka
instigated their children against him, they do not respect him and they refused
to run errands for him except when their mother permitted them to do so.
He begged the court to divorce
the loveless union claiming he was no longer in love with his wife.
However, the respondent, Uzomaka,
denied having sex with their church members but accused her husband of
infidelity.
“It is women that cause our
frequent fighting, they are the problem in our home and my husband’s lust for
them is very high,” she said.
“I never slept with the two men
who claimed that they slept with me, they just wanted to tarnish my image, my
husband is dating the wife of the deacon.”
The mother of three said that she
starved her husband of sex because she hated sex, adding that she married him
because she wanted children.
The 45-year-old teacher said her
husband became sexually inactive five years ago.
“He calls me derogatory names in
public such as ‘prostitute’. I did not instigate the children against him,’’
she explained.
She begged the court not to grant
her husband’s wish to dissolve the marriage, claiming she was still in love
with him.
The court president, Akin
Akinniyi, urged the couple to maintain peace and adjourned the case till May 10
for judgment.
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