My wife converted to Christianity without my consent, man tells court
A 50-year-old trader, Mrs Kehinde Adewunmi, on Thursday in Lagos broke down in tears while on her knees begging her estranged husband, Jamiu Adewunmi, not to divorce her. Jamiu Adewunmi had approached the Igando Customary Court, Lagos State for the dissolution of his 24-year-old marriage to Kehinde, his wife. He alleged that Kehinde had converted to Christianity from Islam without his consent. Kehinde, a mother of four, in her plea said, “Please court; help me beg him, where will I get a man at my age to marry me if my husband divorces me. “I am ready to make amends wherever I might have made mistakes; I am not ready to divorce my husband. “I still love him and besides, I do not want my children to suffer this action because they are innocent. Please, safe my marriage.” The husband and petitioner, Jamiu, 57, a businessman, had accused his wife of converting to Christianity without his consent in his petition before the court. “My wife was always telling me that she was ...