Pastors wife loses marriage for sleeping with 2 church members
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my wife starved me of sex for more than five years whenever i want to sleep with her she would give one excuse or the other and in fact she has moved out of my room to a separate room1 by deborah akpede a pastors wife mrs uzoamaka ibeneme on friday lost her 21-year-old marriage when an igando customary court in lagos dissolved the union on grounds of adultery.1 since the petitioner insisted on divorce after several interventions the court is therefore left with no option but to grant him his wish and pronounce the union dissolved1 the court hereby pronounces the marriage between pastor joshua ibeneme and mrs uzoamaka ibeneme dissolved today1 both of you will henceforth cease to be husband and wife each of you should go on his or her separate ways unmolested1 the court wishes both of you well in your future endeavour1 any squabble between both you from now on shall be treated as criminal and any violation of this judgment will be regarded as contempt of court and will attract imprisonment without option of fine akinniyi ruled1 earlier the petitioner a 53-year-old pastor joshua ibeneme had approached the court to end his 21-year-old marriage to his wife uzoamaka who he said was messing around with his church members1 my wife had sexual affair with two of my church members a deacon and a bishop. both of them were telling my other members that they slept with my wife because she enticed them1 whenever i return from a trip my last born always tells me that men came to pick and drop my wife. even god told me to divorce her or else she will destroy my ministry he claimed1 the petitioner said that his wife denied him sex for five years1 mr akin akinniyi the court president who delivered the judgment said the petitionerpastor joshua ibeneme was adamant in spite of the mediation by the court and family intervention1 but she gives it to my members freely the pastor said1 the pastor said that his wife was always mocking and embarrassing him in public places telling people about his sexual performance1 he said that uzoamaka always accused him of having affairs with any female member who came to the house for counselling1 she accused them of dating me and also went to their houses to fight them. her behaviour has chased many members away from my church he said1 he begged the court to divorce the loveless union claiming he was no longer in love with his wife1 however the respondent uzoamaka denied having sex with their church members but accused her husband of infidelity1 it is women that cause our frequent fighting they are the problem in our home and my husbands lust for them is very high1 i never slept with the two men who claimed that they slept with me they just wanted to tarnish my image my husband is dating the wife of the deacon1 according to her the pastor calls her derogatory names in the public such as prostitute1 the 45-year-old teacher said that she starved her husband of sex because she hated sex adding that she married him because she wanted children1 the mother of three however begged the court not to grant her husbands wish for dissolution of the marriage as she was still in love with him1