A Nigerian pastor has got his wish fulfilled by a Customary Court in Lagos. Pastor Goodness Enemechukwu of the Jesus World Church, filed for divorce on 4 September, saying "My wife is giving me a tough time; she does not respect me, she fights me and rains curses on me."
The wife, Augustina denied her husband's allegations, accusing Pastor Goodness of womanising. “About six members of the church have called me on phone, telling me to warn my husband. I told him to stop disgracing God and turn a new leaf, but he refused,” she revealed.
Pastor Goodness had claimed that Augustina refused to support his ministry, and that she discouraged worshippers from coming to the church. “Because of her troubles, I had to leave the house for her and move to the camp,” the pastor, who resides at Okerube, a Lagos suburb, said.
He prayed the court to dissolve the union to enable him forge ahead in his pastoral work.
The Igando, Lagos, Customary Court granted his prayers. The Court President, Mr Adewale Eko, held that Pastor Goodness and his estranged wife, Augustina, were no longer husband and wife, as efforts of the court to save the union failed.
He said that the first three children of the marriage, aged 25, 23, 21 were old enough to decide where to live. "The custody of the remaining four children, who are under age, is hereby referred to the Family Court,” he said.
The court ordered Pastor Goodness to allow Augustina to enter his house and pack her belongings in the presence of some court officials and policemen.
The Court President also ordered the cleric to pay N100,000 as rehabilitation cost to Augustina, and N10,000 monthly for the upkeep of the children.
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