Wife Tells Court To Dissolve Marriage, Says Husband Is A Lunatic

A 42-year-old mum, Joy Obioma, has asked an Igando Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve her 22-year-old marriage claiming her husband, Godfrey Obioma, is a lunatic.

The Vanguard reports;

Joy told the court, “My husband is not well, sometimes he can just go naked and start breaking bottles, looking for who to stab and everybody in the compound will be running for their dear lives. There was a day he ran out of the house with a cutlass looking for somebody’s hand to amputate.”

She added, “One day he threatened to pour acid on me to disfigure me and make me less attractive.He also threatened to burn down the house and run away.”

Joy who also alleged that her husband is a hemp smoker, said, “This is the first thing he takes every morning before food. Indian hemp is my husband’s first meal before breakfast, he takes it around 5.00 a.m., and after taking it, he will start to misbehave and pounce on me. I have been paying our rent, the children’s school fees with the support of my parents and siblings.’’

Following these incidents, she told the court she could not continue to live with her husband for those signs of madness.

49-year-old Godfrey, who denied the allegations, said nobody could separate him and his wife.

“My wife and I are made from `heaven’ to be husband and wife, nobody can separate us,” he told the court.

He said he could not kill his wife but admitted threatening her with some dangerous weapons.

Godfrey pleaded with the court to save the marriage, saying, he is still in love with her.

The case was adjourned till July 22nd for final hearing.