AISHA ABUBAKAR
The 3-year old marriage between Ike Ifeanyi and his wife, Lovina, has collapsed after the wife arrested him for allegedly stealing her underwears for undisclosed purposes.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Makurdi, Benue State, where they reside.
Following the development, the man, Mr. Ifeanyi, has filed a suit before the Makurdi Area Court seeking for the dissolution of the marriage as well as demanding N95, 000 from his father in-law as refund for what he paid dowry on his wife, Lovina.
The embattled husband, Ifeanyi told the Makurdi Upper Area Court in Benue that his wife, Lovina, had him arrested for allegedly stealing her underwears and that he was no longer interested in the union because she was ill-tempered and too petty.
“I got married to Lovina in 2019 under the Traditional Native Laws and Customs of the Igbo people of Imo State. I paid N95, 000 bride price and another N300, 000 to my mother in-law to prepare for the traditional marriage that took place on 14th December, 2019.”
“I included my father in-law in the matter because I want him to refund the N95, 000 bride price. I am no longer interested in the marriage. The last straw for me that finally shattered my marital union with my wife was when I discovered that she secretly terminated a pregnancy,” he alleged.
The Judge, Mrs. Dooshima Ikpambese, adjourned the matter till 6th December, 2022, for the embattled wife, Lovina, to open her defence.