NAN – An artisan, Scot Emmanuel, 27, on Tuesday, April 28, 2015 begged an Ojo Customary Court in Lagos to prevail on his wife to discontinue her bid to dissolve their 10-year-old marriage.
“I do not want my marriage of 10 years that has produced two children to scatter.
“I want to settle with my wife and am ready to provide accommodation for her and my children.”
Scot urged the court to reverse the divorce suit filed by his wife over abandonment because he still loved her.
“I will put in more effort to provide her and my children with accommodation so that they can leave her brother’s house where they are presently staying.
“My wife should take it easy with me too because I do not get contracts to do borehole very often.
“My kind of work is not steady and constant,” he told the court.
The petitioner, Caroline, alleged that her husband had not started the reconciliation process properly as he told the court.
“My husband promised this court in our last hearing that he will see my people for reconciliation.
“`But as I speak, he has not done anything about that and has not come to see us.
“My seven-year-old daughter has not been going to school since my ordeal with him started,” she said.
The President of the court, Chief Joseph Ogunmola, advised Scot to work harder to make Caroline to change her mind because of their children.
“Caroline is too young to have two homes now in her life.
“But the petitioner too needs to endure with her husband,’’ he advised.
He asked the couple to involve their family members to settle their differences and adjourned the case to June 2 for possible reconciliation.
