79 Year-Old Super Eagles Ex-coach Seeks Divorce from Wife

Former Super Eagles coach, Adegboye Onigbinde has revealed that he filed for divorce to put to an end to almost two decades of unresolved dispute between him and his wife, Abiona.

Onigbinde told the court that his wife was violent and stubborn, he added that she was unwilling to live harmoniously with him.

When both appeared in court, the president of the court, Chief Odunade Adewuyi told the wife about the allegations leveled against her.

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Mrs Onigbinde was asked if wanted the marriage to be dissolved, but she replied in the negative, saying she did not know why a divorce suit was filed against her.

Onigbinde, who coached the Nigerian national team between 1981 and 1984 and 2002, while speaking with The Guardian yesterday, said,

“It is true I filed to divorce my wife.

I don’t think I should go into details because the case is in court, but for public knowledge, I want the public to know that I sued for a divorce because I want to live longer.

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The togetherness is no longer peaceful.

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I am 79 and I don’t want anything that would trouble my heart.

We have been on the domestic issue for almost two decades and I think it is time to put an end to it.”

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Onigbinde, who last coached the Super Eagles after the sack of the coaching crew of Shuaibu Amodu in 2002, filed for divorce at an Ibadan Customary Grade C Court sitting in Mapo.

The court adjourned the case, but not before Onigbinde asked for protection, saying that he was nearly attacked recently when one of his children and her husband came to his house.