My Husband Ran Away Because Of House Rent – Wife

A 29-year-old woman, Funke Adeyemi told an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court, Agodi, Ibadan, on Wednesday, that her husband, Wasiu Adeyemi, ran away from home over N24, 000 unpaid rent of their apartment.

The mother of three said her husband of 12 years abandoned their home when the landlord asked for the outstanding rent.

She said her husband had not been seen or heard from since June last year and he had refused to pay the debt.

“The landlord has ejected me from the house and I have been living with my parents since then. All efforts to contact him proved abortive and I have been shouldering the responsibility of the three kids alone.

“I pray the court to dissolve our union and order him to be responsible to his paternal roles,” she pleaded.

The defendant was not in court to defend the allegation, but the court registrar said that he (Adeyemi) was duly served the court summon.

President of the Court, Chief Mukaila Balogun, said the deliberate absence of the defendant and other evidences proved that love no longer exist in the marriage.

Balogun therefore, dissolved the marriage and ordered the defendant to pay N12, 000 monthly for the upkeep of the three children.