I Borrowed Money For His Studies, Now He Says I’m Old – Wife Tells Court
There was a mild drama recently at
the Agboyi/Ketu customary court
when a woman Ethel Amagala 53,
who had earlier approached the
court for the dissolution of her
marriage with one Emmanuel
Amagala, 60, stormed the court in
anger over newspaper publication
of her divorce case.
Mrs Amagala whose children had
earlier pleaded the court to
discontinue the case, said her
husband also became angry when
he read their divorce story in the
newspaper.
She said: “The children want the
case discontinued as it is causing
embarrassment to the family. They
said they would find a way to bring
peace into the family.”
She had on the November 12, 2015
approached the court for a divorce
with her estranged husband who
she said took a new younger wife.
The President, Mr. O. T. William
however lampooned Mrs Amagala
over her behaviour noting that the
court was a public place and could
not have stopped journalists from
doing their job.
The embattled woman sought
divorce on the grounds of
abandonment, infidelity, lack of
love and threat to life. “My husband
constantly tells me I’m old.”
Narrating how she met her
husband over 27 years ago, she
said: “When he was studying at the
Teachers’ Institute in Bayelsa, he
did not have money to take care of
the family; I was frying and selling
chips in Bayelsa and even borrowed
money for his studies.”
When we had our first child, it was
my elder sister who paid for the
hospital bill and took care of me
and the baby for three months.
The situation remained same until
1991 when he took up an
appointment with the NNPC, as a
manager.
Now, he decided to marry a
younger woman and calls me a
witch saying “I am old.”
She further claimed that her
husband constantly beats her,
leaving her with injuries. “He had
one day threatened me with a knife
in the presence of our tenants who
rescued me as he would have
stabbed me with the knife.”
Mr Emmanuel Amagala denied the
allegation of assault story on his
wife but told the court he
abandoned the house he built and
decided to live alone in a rented
apartment because of her incessant
nagging attitude which he
described as unbearable.
The President however asked the
couple to go home and make their
marriage work.
the Agboyi/Ketu customary court
when a woman Ethel Amagala 53,
who had earlier approached the
court for the dissolution of her
marriage with one Emmanuel
Amagala, 60, stormed the court in
anger over newspaper publication
of her divorce case.
Mrs Amagala whose children had
earlier pleaded the court to
discontinue the case, said her
husband also became angry when
he read their divorce story in the
newspaper.
She said: “The children want the
case discontinued as it is causing
embarrassment to the family. They
said they would find a way to bring
peace into the family.”
She had on the November 12, 2015
approached the court for a divorce
with her estranged husband who
she said took a new younger wife.
The President, Mr. O. T. William
however lampooned Mrs Amagala
over her behaviour noting that the
court was a public place and could
not have stopped journalists from
doing their job.
The embattled woman sought
divorce on the grounds of
abandonment, infidelity, lack of
love and threat to life. “My husband
constantly tells me I’m old.”
Narrating how she met her
husband over 27 years ago, she
said: “When he was studying at the
Teachers’ Institute in Bayelsa, he
did not have money to take care of
the family; I was frying and selling
chips in Bayelsa and even borrowed
money for his studies.”
When we had our first child, it was
my elder sister who paid for the
hospital bill and took care of me
and the baby for three months.
The situation remained same until
1991 when he took up an
appointment with the NNPC, as a
manager.
Now, he decided to marry a
younger woman and calls me a
witch saying “I am old.”
She further claimed that her
husband constantly beats her,
leaving her with injuries. “He had
one day threatened me with a knife
in the presence of our tenants who
rescued me as he would have
stabbed me with the knife.”
Mr Emmanuel Amagala denied the
allegation of assault story on his
wife but told the court he
abandoned the house he built and
decided to live alone in a rented
apartment because of her incessant
nagging attitude which he
described as unbearable.
The President however asked the
couple to go home and make their
marriage work.
Source: Vanguard
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