Husband Drags Wife To Court To Seek Divorce For Alleged Attempt To Stab Him

A businessman , Mr Onyeka Jonathan, on Thursday dragged his wife, Gloria, earlier than a Customary Court docket in Jikwoyi, Abuja, to hunt divorce over alleged try to kill him.

 

The petitioner, who resides in Jikwoyi, on the outskirts of the FCT, said this within the divorce go well with he filed towards his wife earlier than the courtroom.

“I can’t proceed to reside underneath the identical roof with this girl, she desires to kill me. There was a little bit misunderstanding between us, she ran to the kitchen and picked up a knife to stab me, fortunately I escaped.

 

“I needed to scale the fence, to flee from her. I urge this honourable courtroom to place an finish to the marriage between me and my wife, earlier than she kills me,” he stated.

The petitioner additionally narrated to the courtroom how his wife had informed him that she belonged to an evil spirit and that the spirit typically managed her.

 

The respondent, Mrs Gloria, who’s a civil servant, in her defence, denied all of the allegations, however prayed the courtroom to dissolve the marriage, saying, “I’m fed up with this fruitless marriage, I’m handled with disdain as a result of I’m barren“.

 

The Presiding Decide, Labaran Gusau, adjourned the matter till Sept. 29, for judgment.