Pastor and founder of the Glory of God Ministries, Charles Nwoji, has
confessed before an Ojo Grade ‘A’ customary court, Lagos, Southwest
Nigeria, that his wife, Happiness, gave him the go ahead to have sex
with other women.
The divorce seeking pastor who said he met his
wife in 1993 when he was a member of Assemblies of God Church at Olodi,
Apapa, where he was later ordained a pastor, and subsequently started
his own church, told the court that their marriage started having
problems when his wife’s nephew came to live with the family.
“We
dated for a while and finally got married in 1998. We lived in peace and
harmony. She was even a signatory to my bank account. That is to show
you how much love and trust I once had for her but problem started when
her nephew came to live with us. She always displayed callous attitude
towards the poor boy. When I protested, she took offense and we had a
serious misunderstanding. And for the first time I raised my hands
against her.
“After that incident, we hardly sit to chat, play or
discuss together. Our sex life also suffered. We practically didn’t make
love anymore, only whenever we are ready to make babies. I slept facing
the wall. What actually shocked me the more was her advice for me to
keep girlfriends. I was astonished and asked her to have a second
thought on what she was saying, but she still maintained her stand,” he
said.
The father of four told the court that his wife’s unyielding
disposition towards their sex life drove him further into the arms of
strange women, adding that the depression really took a toll on him and
he went astray.
“When I came back to my senses, I felt very
remorseful about my adulterous life. I called my wife and in the
presence of my father, I confessed my waywardness to her and asked for
her forgiveness. Though she initially claimed to have forgiven me, she
insisted that the marriage was better dissolved so we could go our
separate ways.
“After fruitless meeting with her family members to
resolve the issue, I decided to leave the house for her. But before I
left, I pleaded with her to change her mind, but all my pleas fell on
deaf ears. I left the house in tears and shattered heart. I put up with a
friend for a while. Later, I sold all my landed properties and
travelled to the Philippines to seek greener pasture,” he said.
He
said prior to his confession, he was having setbacks in his business,
adding that he gathered the little money he had and borrowed from
friends to set up a booming business for her.
“I was broke and bankrupt and my wife refused to care for my needs. She left me to die in hunger”
He
said further that it was while he was abroad that his brother called
him and informed him that his wife had been spreading false stories
about his failed attempts to use her and their second daughter for
money-making ritual, adding she also said he sent assassins after her
and she had on two occasions narrowly escaped their bullets.
“I
came back to dismiss these rumours and to formally have the absurd
marriage dissolved. So, if anything should happen to her in future,
people would not point accusing fingers at me,” Nwoji, who has since
remarried and has children told the court.
He prayed the court to
have the custody of the four children of the union for proper fatherly
care, adding that his utmost concern is to erase the notion their mother
infused in them that their father is a ritualist.
His wife,
Happiness Lebechi Nwoji, while reacting to the allegations levelled
against her, agreed to the dissolution of the marriage, adding that it
has broken down irreversibly. After listening to both parties, the
president of the court, Alhaji T.A. Said, dissolved the union and urged
them to maintain absolute peace.
PM News
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