Man seeks divorce as wife adopts ‘foolish man’ as his title

Not being able to condone his wife’s penchant for calling him names, a middle aged Nigerian civil servant, Johnson Munago, has prayed a grade A Customary Court, Igando, Lagos to sever his two year old marriage with his wife, Helen Munago.

The petitioner, Johnson Munago, told the court that aside her constant use of abusive words on him, Helen has also refused to bear his name.

“She always tells me that she is comfortable with her father’s name and that she cannot change it. And that I am a foolish man. In fact that is the name she addresses me with, ‘this foolish man” Munago said.

Giving out more reasons he wanted to put an end to the union, Johnson, accused Helen of being a night crawler and too demanding, adding that she insisted that he should rent her a flat and be giving her N10,000 weekly allowance, if not she would go back to her parent’s house.

“If I ask her where she was coming from at that time, she would tell me I had no right to know where she was coming from. When the issue of the money started, I tried to explain that I don’t have money to rent a flat; she opened up by telling me that she agreed to marry me just to solve her personal problems. She said she was once diagnosed of a womb ailment at the hospital after examination and that the doctor advised her to get pregnant as soon as possible. She told me that it was over since she had gotten what she wanted. She packed out of our apartment on January 16, 2011 with my one and half-year-old son to an unknown destination,” he said.

He urged the court to dissolve the union as he is no longer in love.

Helen, the 35-year-old housewife, denied the allegations, saying that her husband was stingy and did not take care of her and her son.

“The money he used to drop for feeding is not always enough so I told him to increase it,” she said.

She told the court to grant her husband’s wish because she was no longer interested in the marriage.

After listening to both parties, the court members presided by, Mr. Adewale Eko, told the respondent to bring the only child of the union for sighting at the next hearing.

He adjourned the case to October 25 for further hearing.