Man divorces wife for hiding receipt of child’s school fees

A bricklayer, Mr Gabriel Omode, has divorced his wife for failing to show him receipts for payment of school fees for their only child.
The plaintiff had approached an Ikole Customary Court on
September 30, seeking dissolution of his three-year-old union
with his wife, named Ruth.
He had told the court that Ruth had not been giving him peace
of mind through her insubordination, lack of trust and
constant threat to his life.
Omode averred that he had been responsible for the care and
maintenance of the only child of the marriage. He said that he
never failed to meet up incessant demands for the child's
school fees.
He said: "Ruth never deemed it fit to show me anything as
evidence of the payment of the fees."
He, therefore, prayed the court to uphold his request for
dissolution of the marriage.
Omode assured that he would continue to cater for the needs
of the child, provided Ruth showed evidence of payment of
the child's school fees.
Ruth, however, denied the allegation, saying that she never
diverted her child's school fees to other things.
She also refuted the threat to life allegation made by Omode,
saying that the plaintiff was always making night calls to
another woman, which she kicked against.
Ruth said that she had to pack out of her matrimonial home
when she could no longer cope with the situation.
She did not object to the dissolution of the marriage but
pleaded that the court should compel the plaintiff to take full
responsibility for the child's maintenance.
In her judgment, Mrs Yemisi Ojo, dissolved the union and
ordered the plaintiff to pay five N5,000 monthly for the
upkeep of the child .
She also directed Omode to henceforth pay the child's school
fees himself.

Via: Viaguard