A Businesswoman, Victoria Chima, on Friday, dragged her husband, Emmanuel, before a Jikwoyi Customary Court, Abuja, for allegedly threatening to kill her.
The petitioner, who resides in Jikwoyi, said this in the divorce petition she filed against her husband before the court.
“I can’t continue to live under the same roof with this man, he wants to kill me. He has told me that he will kill me and nothing will happen.
“He has made attempts on my life before but God was on my side.
”I want to quit the marriage, I don’t want another woman to train my children for me,” she said.
She told the court that she has moved out of the house several time but her husband always comes to beg her to forgive him.
“The last time he beat me, I moved out of the house with my children, to my parent’s house.
“My parents advised me to go and build a house on the land I bought some years back, so that I can move in and leave comfortably with my children.
“When I finished building my house, he came to my father’s house and begged for forgiveness so that he can move into the new house with me. I forgave him and he moved in with me.
“Some months later, he started beating me again. This time I could see that his intension was to kill me, he beat me and I even fainted, I had to move out of my own house away from him,” she alleged.
The petitioner begged the court to grant her divorce and issue an order to her husband to vacate her house.
The respondent, Emmanuel, who is also a businessman, denied all the allegations and begged the court not to grant his wife’s prayers.
The presiding judge, Labaran Gusau advised the parties to explore every possible means to reconcile.
He adjourned the matter until Aug. 31 for report of settle or hearing
NAN
