One Margaret Agwu, on Friday, sought the dissolution of her 33-year-old marriage to her husband, Onu, at an Igando Customary Court in Lagos. She lamented that her husband sometimes strips her naked and beats her to pulp and narrated how her husband deceived her and her parents and paid just N600 as her bride price when she was still 12 years old. The trader told the court, “When I was 12 years old, my husband came to my village to ask for my hand in marriage. “He also lied to my parents that he was a businessman and that he owned a provision store and that he lived in a flat. “My parents told him that they cannot release me for marriage because I was too young and besides I was still schooling. “Onu told my parents that he will send me to school after the marriage, my parent agreed and he paid the bride price. “When I got to his house, I discovered that he was staying in one-room apartment, selling popcorn at the roadside. “He also refused to fulfill his promise of...
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