Agu Bakari, Nigerian civil servant Divorce proceedings were initiated against his wife, Mary, citing her overwhelming involvement in church activities as the primary cause of marital conflict.
On Friday, January 26, 2024, Bakari dragged his wife before a customary court in Nyanya, Abuja.
In his divorce petition, Mr Bakari, who lives in Nyanya, accused his wife of neglecting her duties as a wife and mother.
“My wife no longer has time for me and our children; She always goes to church. Sometimes, he goes to church on Friday and sleeps until Sunday evening.
The petitioner said that she does not want to know whether we eat or not.
Bakri told the court that his wife had abandoned her duties as a wife for the sake of the church.
He told the court that he tried to stop his wife from going to that church but she refused.
“We were happily living together as husband and wife until 2010 when I started noticing some strange behaviours in my wife, especially her mode of dressing.
She stopped wearing earrings and necklaces, claiming they belonged to the devil.
“That was when I noticed that she had stopped attending our family church, the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria (NCCN), and was attending another church where she was being brainwashed. I told her to stop but she refused.
It is on this account that I wish to divorce her,” said the petitioner.
The accused, a cleaner, was present in court but denied the allegations.
Presiding Judge Doocivir Yawe advised the couple to reconcile for the sake of the children and adjourned the matter to January 30 for hearing.
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