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Court quashes 8-yr-old marriage after wife starved husband of $3x for 4 years
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By Ojomah Austin.
A High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State capital has dissolved an eight-year-old marriage after a woman refused to make love with her husband for about four years.
The petitioner in the suit marked HAB/7D/2021, Egbunam Friday dragged his wife, Egbunam Ann to court for starving him of sex and disrespecting him.
The man further accused his wife of threatening his life, disrespectfulness, nagging, being wasteful, quarrelsome, insulting, breaking into his room, ransacking and removing his belongings most times and gave some out without his consent among other allegations.
Friday explained that Ann starved him of sexual intercourse for about four years, adding that “Since December 2020, my wife has denied me my conjugal right.”
Swiftly reacting, the wife informed the court that since the year 2020, Friday has refused to cater for her needs and those of their two children.
The petitioner asked court for four reliefs which includes dissolution of the marriage between him and his wife on grounds that the marriage has broken-down irretrievably.
Other prayers of Friday included an order of court granting custody of the two children in the marriage to the petitioner, an order preventing the respondent from taking the children outside Ebonyi State without due notice and written consent of the petitioner as well as an order directing the respondent to stop using the surname of the petitioner, and for Ann to revert to her maiden name or any other name she prefers.
The woman, who had no legal representation during the matter, denied all the accusations and rather accused the husband of committing adultery persistently with different women.
She told the court how she found used condoms in Friday’s pocket repeatedly, adding that he excuses himself to answer suspicious phone calls most times at home.
Ann insisted that the petitioner started denying her and their two children aged 6 and 4 years old basic necessities of life from the year 2020.
Delivering judgment on the matter, Justice Chima Iheanacho of Abakaliki High Court, annulled the union and ordered the petitioner to pay the sum of N50,000 monthly to the respondent for the children’s welfare until they are 18 years of age as well as pay their school fees up to University level among other orders.
“Accordingly, in granting the reliefs sought by the petitioner though in part, this court hereby makes the following orders: That upon and subject to the decree of this court becoming absolute, the marriage between the petitioner and respondent at the Abakaliki Marriage Registry on 10th day of October 2016 is hereby dissolved.
“That the respondent shall have custody of the two children until they attain the age of 18. That the petitioner shall pay all the school fees of the two children of the dissolved marriage up to University level.
“That the petitioner shall pay the sum of (N50, 000.00) fifty thousand naira monthly to the respondent for the welfare and upkeep of the children until they attain 18 years of age.
“That the petitioner shall have unimpeded access to the children and if the respondent decides to relocate outside Ebonyi State, the petitioner shall take over custody of the two children,” Justice Iheanacho ordered.
The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has urged eligible Nigerians to take advantage of the remaining days of the Continuous Voter Registration, warning that the registration window will close on Sunday, July 26, 2026.
In a public notice issued on its X handle on Saturday, the electoral body reminded prospective voters that they could complete their registration online from start to finish through its dedicated CVR portal or visit designated registration centres nationwide for physical assistance.
“Your future won’t wait. Neither should you. The Continuous Voter Registration, CVR, exercise ends Sunday, 26 July 2026,” the commission said.
INEC encouraged Nigerians who require assistance to visit any of its state offices, local government area offices, or designated registration centres to complete the process in person.
The commission also stated that all registration centres would remain open daily, including weekends, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. until the exercise ends.
“You can complete your voter registration online from start to finish via http://cvr.inecnigeria.org. If you need assistance, visit any INEC State Office, LGA Office, or designated registration centre to complete your registration in person,” the commission added.
The CVR exercise is part of INEC’s preparations for the 2027 general elections. It enables eligible Nigerians and those seeking to update their voter information to be included in the national register of voters.
Controversial Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has questioned why no government official has visited Boko Haram terrorists and bandits to negotiate an end to their violence, the way past leaders engaged Niger Delta militants.
He made the comparison in a Facebook post on Saturday, recalling how former President Goodluck Jonathan and former Vice President Yemi Osinbajo both visited militants in the creeks to broker peace.
Gumi noted that both leaders, at different times, went into the creeks to meet militants and returned with programmes designed to end militancy in the region.
“The former President Jonathan visited Delta militants in the creeks, so also the former Vice President Osinbajo. They all came up with a program to tame the militants,” he wrote.
The cleric then asked who would extend similar engagement to Boko Haram and bandits terrorising parts of northern Nigeria without facing public backlash.
“Who is going to visit BH and Bandits to tame them without fools castigating them?” he asked.
Gumi has for years positioned himself as an advocate for dialogue with armed groups in the North-West and North-East, repeatedly visiting bandit camps in Zamfara and other states to hear their grievances.
He has consistently argued that negotiation, rather than military force, worked to end militancy in the Niger Delta and should be replicated in the North.
The cleric’s interventions have drawn both support and criticism. While some Nigerians accuse him of legitimising armed groups responsible for kidnapping, killings and cattle rustling, others credit his engagements with securing the release of kidnap victims.
The retired military officer has repeatedly denied backing terrorism, insisting his advocacy is aimed solely at ending the bloodshed through dialogue and rehabilitation.
The Niger Delta amnesty programme, launched in 2009 under the late President Umaru Yar’Adua and sustained by Jonathan, saw thousands of militants disarmed in exchange for training, stipends and reintegration support. The programme significantly reduced attacks on oil infrastructure in the region.
Jonathan first waded into the Niger Delta crisis in 2007 as vice-president, entering the creeks without an armed detail to meet ex-militant leader Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as _Tompolo_, in Warri, Delta State.
He later said the meeting laid the groundwork for the amnesty programme granted to militants, which remains in place today.
Osinbajo similarly toured Niger Delta communities as acting president in 2017, engaging militants and traditional leaders directly.
He justified the outreach by arguing that those in the creeks were citizens with genuine grievances, not merely security threats.
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