A Customary Court sitting in Bwari, Abuja, has dissolved the marriage between Mrs. Grace Edet and Police Inspector, Pius Edet, after she accused him of not giving her adequate money for food stuff in the home.
In suit number FCT/CC/BWR/CV/02/2023, the petitioner who lives in Dutse Alhaji told the court that her husband serves as a Police Orderly at the Supreme Court and their union has lasted over six years.
The embattled wife in the suit said, “After our marriage, I have not experienced peace. The respondent is not responsible regarding the children and family needs.
“Any time I tried to bring to his notice the need of the family in terms of food stuff, he would say he doesn’t have money.
“The respondent will go to market by himself and buy food items in small quantities (e.g. crayfish N50, Maggi N20) and so on. After complaining, he will start giving me N10,000,” the petitioner claimed. She stated that after the intervention by some family friends, her husband started giving her N20,000 for feeding and upkeep but “still the money was not enough.”
She further accused her husband of always beating her at any misunderstanding. She said, “On so many occasions, the respondent has asked me to leave his house but I keep pleading with him for the sake of my children.
“I am fed up with the marriage because of the respondent’s constant beating and injuries on my body; there are still some marks on my body and neck,” she deposed before the court.
She claimed she runs a prophetic ministry but her husband insisted on receiving and managing the finances sowed to the ministry. During hearing and cross examination, the husband denied all the allegations insisting he still loves his wife.
But the wife told the court she was done with the marriage.
The three-man panel of the court, led by Honorable Cyprian Okwuonye, after due examinations, separated the couple due to the woman’s insistence.
The court put the custody of the children with the wife while ordering the inspector to “pay the sum of N35,000 every month” to the wife as upkeep for the children.
Insufficient Feeding Money; Wife Divorces Husband
