Court Dissolves Marriage Over Mother-In-Law’s Alleged Constant Harassment
The 8-month-old marriage between a trader, Mr. John Obah, 37 and his 21-year-old wife, Gift, was reportedly dissolved on Friday, January 23rd, at the Ikorodu customary court, Lagos, over constant harassment from his mother-in-law.
John Obah reportedly told the court that his mother-in-law always came with dangerous weapons to fight him each time they had misunderstanding.
“My wife often goes to her parents’ house and stay overnight for three times in a week. Anytime I have a misunderstanding with my wife, my mother in-law usually comes to fight me with dangerous weapons. I will be physically abused and my clothes torn by both of them; my mother in-law usually curses me that I will die like a fowl. Upon the incessant threat from my mother in-law, I changed the padlock to the house but they still came to burgle it. Anytime she demands for money and I don’t give it to her, her mother will come to insult me. Although our disputes were later settled by my father in-law but I don’t think I can cope with their continuous troublemaking.”
The estranged wife, and a mother of one, said her husband battered her so much that she usually runs to her parents’ house for safety.
She said, “He doesn’t even respect my parents and he has not been taking good care of me. I am no more interested in the marriage; I want to go back to school.”
Presiding over the case, the court’s President, Mr. Olu Adebiyi, in his judgment, granted the couple divorce and warned them to refrain from harassing and molesting each other.
He also said the petitioner should pay N5, 000 to the respondent for the monthly upkeep of their only six-month child and that the child should be in the custody of the mother, ordering the mother in-law to steer clear of the petitioner’s ways.
Source: NAN
What is she even doing married at 21? Na now she know say she wan go school? Mtscheeeeeeewwww some girls sef. As for d man its good for him Atleast she has a family to fight for her when he misbehaves. Not like some women who suffer in d hands of their husbands and nobody to fight for them.
Nawa o….the wife mother no try at all,that’s just too much of her.She scattered her daughter’s home with her hands…There’s a way she can settle the differences btwn her daughter and her husband instead of adding to it.
Why did the gal rush to marry in the 1st place…it’s now she knows she want to go back to school
What’s wrong wt a 21 year ols gettin married? Abi she neva ripe? I for instance got married @ 19+ so her age is natin its just dat sm pple both men/women re nt yet ready or shuld I say dnt kw wht marriage is all abt before indulging into it. Its nt abt de age bt maturity/having smtin upstairs in order to make a happy marriage. Anywaz who re we to judge cus frm de look of it de girl said de guy use to batter her n de husband is saying anoda tin so am nt gonna blame de two cus na dem knw exactly who’s telling de truth or not but all am gonna do is wish dem well.
Oga wetin carry you @37 go marry a child of 21.who knows how old she was then? Well she has shown you immature character. As for the girl Oya rest now maybe when u r grown& ready for marriage u wl learn how not to bring ur mum to interfere in everything. It’s just d little baby I pity cos d grandma go show am pepper out of anger
I don’t even know what to say. I guess they got the best for dem all:dissolving the marriage to avoid stories that touch. Too much controversies already.
What a marriage, the girl is too young. But the story doesn’t add up
Some mother r really funny people. well
Marriage palava. Na nw d girl remember say she suppose b in schl, n @ 37 a man still dey beat a girl of 21. Better as dey separate cos both of dem r nt yet ready.
Good for them.Let them both get lives.
Dats d probs now, everybody wants 2 get married forgeting dat marriage is ment 4 matured mind, imagine a girl of 21years. Thank 4 d decision 2 go back 2 school n I wonder hw she will take care of dat baby with 5000 in dis our Niaja dat everytin is expensive, diaper alone don finish d money. It is well.
Some mother can. Be very funny sha.. means she get marry at 20 hmmm
The mother has gotten what she wanted. now her daughter is back to her house I hope she is satisfied. The girl is young yes but If her mother were to be a good mother she would have guided her daughter properly
This is what you get when boys and girls are getting married.
5k is too small for upkeep na
The issue here is not the girls age pls rather its her mums attitude though she might have reasons which is not enough
the man should have use love to blind her. and it will cover her faults
Better……You left the ripe women in the society and chose a baby to be taken as wife,am sure when you want to remarry,you will go for 40+ old women
Hahaha very funny lol
Marriage is not for children. The two of them r not ready, two dif stories frm 2diff ppl. How do I know whose telling the truth?
Did she tink marriage is a 5minute instant noodles? At 21 she is still mummy’s girl for crying out loud. Y can’t she go to skul b4 getting married mistchewwwww
Make everybody kukuma dey e own now.
Good for her
Not everybody is ready for marriage,lol
na now she wan go school lol education is nav too late, buh wait o what will 5k buy for a 6months old baby monthly?
Let them rest and miss each other small. Lol. Oga, face ur biz and small finish your schooling then we know where the marriage is heading
Eh! Na wa
The man sef 37-21
Everyone’s talking about the girl being unripe for marriage at 21, well, age has nothing to do in this issue. Some 21 year olds are so matured and can handle marriage very well. What am particular about is giving her 5,000 naira every month for upkeep of their child,that money is too small considering that as at this morning the official rate of dollar is 191 naira. The court should reconsider in that angle to enable that child live well.
At 21, she is an adult, the problem is not her age but immaturity, her mum took a wrong stand by fighting the man, they should have handled it this way, divorce is becoming sth else these days, God will help us
God have mercy…….
how does one judge a case like this? mother,daughter,and son in law,…
its a sad story though
Maturity issue