Ekiti: Man divorces wife for hiding receipt of child’s school fees

IKOLE (EKITI)

A bricklayer, Mr Gabriel
Omode, has divorced his wife for failing to
show him receipts for payment of school fees
for their only child.
The plaintiff had approached an Ikole
Customary Court on September 30, seeking
dissolution of his three-year-old union with
his wife, named Ruth.
He had told the court that Ruth had not been
giving him peace of mind through her
insubordination, lack of trust and constant
threat to his life.
Omode averred that he had been responsible
for the care and maintenance of the only
child of the marriage. He said that he never
failed to meet up incessant demands for the
child's school fees.
He said: "Ruth never deemed it fit to show
me anything as evidence of the payment of
the fees."
He, therefore, prayed the court to uphold his
request for dissolution of the marriage.
Omode assured that he would continue to
cater for the needs of the child, provided
Ruth showed evidence of payment of the
child's school fees.
Ruth, however, denied the allegation, saying
that she never diverted her child's school
fees to other things.
She also refuted the threat to life allegation
made by Omode, saying that the plaintiff was
always making night calls to another
woman, which she kicked against.
Ruth said that she had to pack out of her
matrimonial home when she could no longer
cope with the situation.
She did not object to the dissolution of the
marriage but pleaded that the court should
compel the plaintiff to take full
responsibility for the child's maintenance.
In her judgment, Mrs Yemisi Ojo, dissolved
the union and ordered the plaintiff to pay
five N5,000 monthly for the upkeep of the
child .
She also directed Omode to henceforth pay
the child's school fees himself.