AISHA ABUBAKAR
A man, Dauda Garba, has told his wife, Aminat Garba, before the Court not to get tired of their marriage and she cannot divorce him because they already had five children they have to train together.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the embattled housewife, Aminat Garba, filed a suit seeking for the dissolution of her marriage before an Area Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, on the grounds that her husband, Dauda, has not been taking care of her and their five children.
The petitioner, Aminat, told the Centre-Ojagboro Area Court that she was tired of her marriage to the respondent due lack of care.
“He doesn’t feed me and the children, nor cater for us, yet he is endangering my life,” she told the Court.
However, Dauda told the Court that he does not want divorce.
“I don’t want to divorce my wife; our marriage is blessed with six children, one died, remaining five. I don’t want my children to experience broken home,” he said.
Garba said that he provides for the family to the best of his ability.
“My family members had started making moves to talk to my wife for reconciliation and settle our misunderstanding out of Court,” he said.
The Presiding Judge, Aminullahi AbdulLateef, said that the respondent does not seem to be interested in the marriage as he claimed, considering his manner of speech.
“The Court cannot order the petitioner to love the respondent by force, so the respondent should be conscious of his manner and attitude towards settlement.”
“But whether the respondent is sincere with the claims for interest in settlement or not, the Court is always interested in settlement,” AbdulLateef said.
The judge then adjourned the matter till 6th September, 2023, for the report on settlement.