PASTOR DESTROYED MY MARRIAGE, HUSBAND TELLS COURT

“I have never beaten my wife or accused her of adultery; it was my wife that admitted before our NKST Church Committee that she committed adultery with one Rev Terlanga Unongu, a pastor of the church’.

He added further, “In 2007, she confessed to having an intimate affair with the pastor when the church committee took up the matter. I have the evidence with me written in Tiv language. Though the committee could not give an appropriate resolution, we appealed to the general synod where a resolution was passed.”

Penpushing further reports that, the defendant said the wife left the matrimonial home on her own decision with the approval of her father, adding that he was not opposed to divorce, and also not opposed to his wife having full access to their three kids.

The wife had petitioned the court to dissolve the marriage, citing alleged brutality and “unnecessary” accusations of infidelity, and informed the court that she married her husband according to the Tiv Native Laws and Customs at Amua, Gaav in Konshisha Local Government Area in 2000

Penpushing also reports that the petitioner told the court that there was no longer love between them, stressing that, “we have three children; after nursing our last daughter, my husband started accusing me of being unfaithful.

“He kept attacking me and would be beating me up at the slightest provocation. I reported this cruelty to his parents, but instead of intervening, they took sides with him,” she said,adding that she. left his house in 2008 when the cruelty became unbearable.

Penpushing reports that, the wife urged the court to dissolve the marriage and grant her full access to their three children,adding that, “Since I left his house, my husband has never visited me or my parents to discuss our issue. He has no respect for my parents,” .

Meanwhile, the  judge, Adole Akintomide, adjourned the case to December 14 for judgment.