Ekiti Man divorce wive over failure to show him receipt for child school fee

IKOLE (EKITI) - 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.