Drama In Court: Man Cries, “I Married Mother & Daughter”… It’s A Lie, He Threatened To Kill Me – Wife

Mr. Donatus Itianu, a 52-year old man while responding to the divorce suit filed against him at a Grade ‘A’ Customary Court sitting in Agege, Lagos, by his wife, Mrs Florence, heaped the problems between him and his wife on his mother-in-law whom he accused of taking control of his home.

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“My mother-in-law has been staying with us for the past eight years, you will know what I would have gone through in that house. Mama controls all the activities in the house. She tells my wife what to do, she gives instructions in the house as if she owns the house.

“Some times in the night, I will wait for my wife to join me on the bed till around 12 midnight and if I don’t see her, I will sleep off.

“The next day if I ask her what she was doing in the sitting room that kept her so long, she simply would tell me that she was in a meeting with her mother.

“I know I married two women, mother and daughter. How will I be happy with the happenings in my home? I ventured into some business but my wife and mother ruined it…. The first four years of my marriage was sweet, but trouble began when my second wife came (my mother-in-law), started living in my house. ”

The man told the court that he would only be responsible if his mother-in-law left the house for them.

Florence had pleaded with the court to dissolve their 12-year-old marriage over lack of care. The 48-year-old woman told the court that her marriage had never been peaceful. “I have been managing the marriage. I have been smiling outside and shedding secret tears, all because I don’t want to leave my husband because of my children, ” she claimed.

speaking further on her ordeal, she said: “Since the inception of the marriage, I have been the head of the home because my husband is so stingy and won’t part with any money unless it is stolen from him. I have been responsible for the house rent, feeding, children school fees and other expenses in the house.”

“I would not have thought of leaving him if not for the beating I do receive from him. He beats me any time he asks for money and I refuse, he nags and complains a lot, he talks like the parrot and has been threatening  to kill me. I know him. Whenever he is angry, he can misbehave and would not mind the consequence. I want to live for my children. I am fed up.  I have heard a lot of stories of husbands  killing their wives, I do not want to fall a victim,” she cried.

Florence urged the court to dissolve the marriage and grant her custody of the children, saying any attempt at reconciliation won’t work.

But Donatus denied the allegations instead professing his love for his wife and children. “I am a gentle man, I love my wife and kids, but my problem is my mother-in-law who controls my home, ” he insisted.

In its ruling, the court asked the husband to improve his relationship with his wife and see if the situation will change. The wife was asked to bring her mother at the adjourned date, January 29, 2013, for further hearing of the case.

Culled From VANGUARD

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