My husband is jealous of my success, wife tells court
By Edith Igbokwe
Mrs. Yetunde Isaiah, in her response to the divorce case filed by her husband at Oshodi-Isolo customary court, said her husband was only jealous of her success.
She told the court that her husband, Mr. Robinson Isaiah, became jealous when he learned that she had built a house of her own and decided to divorce her.
Mr. Isaiah, the plaintiff, had accused his wife of infidelity, being diabolical, negligent of children’s care and that she has been threatening his life.
He prayed the court to dissolve their marriage.
However, the wife debunked the allegations, maintaining that she is not guilty of all the allegations.
She told the court that she has never committed any of the alleged offences, reiterating that her husband was only angry because she was able to build a house of her own.
She explained: “I am not an adulterous person, the children I gave birth to are his. Rather, he has left us since seven years ago to live with another woman who has a son for him. And concerning the diabolical aspect, I anointed his head with oil while he was asleep and he counted it to be diabolical.
“I don’t know why he said I am threatening his life because I am a busy person, so busy with my trading business. And for my children, I have grown up children of 33 years (married), 27, and 25 while my last born is 12 years old, a sickle cell patient. I have been doing my best to nurture them up till this stage without abandoning them.”
Mrs. Isaiah revealed to the court that since they have been living together, her husband has not paid her bride price.
She said they only contracted marriage in a Christ Apostolic Church (CAC), Kaduna and a certificate was given to that effect.
Ruling on the case, the president of the court, Mrs. Adebisi Laditan, ordered that the second wife be summoned to the court as witness and that the husband should pay monthly allowance of N20, 000 for the up keep of their daughter who is a sickle cell patient and another N10, 000 for the medical checkup without failing.
She, thereby, adjourned the case till April 27, 2021 for further hearing and final judgement.
