Police Chief Seeks Dissolution Of 14 Years Marriage

AREA Commander, Onitsha Area Command of the Nigerian Police Force, Mr. Benjamin Wordu, Friday asked a customary court sitting at Ibagwa –Ani, in Nsukka Local Government Council of Enugu State, to dissolve his 14 years old marriage with his wife, Nkem Juliet Wordu.

Wordu, who is an Assistant Commissioner of Police (ASP), told the court that the marriage has failed irredeemably, stressing that he was no longer interested in a marriage that his wife would not respect him as the man of the house.

He informed the court that his wife had severally disobeyed him and had relocated with his children to Abuja without his consent, adding that the court should grant him custody of the four children produced by the marriage.

During a cross-examination yesterday, Wordu, who had earlier given his evidence on April 26, told the court that prior to the present crisis-ridden marriage, he had had another wife, who he divorced for undisclosed reasons.

He admitted that the said first marriage produced a son, identified as Wordu Benjamin, Chinurum Jnr.

He stated that having divorced his first wife, he had in 1999 married Juliet from Nsukka.

Wordu, who hail from River State and had served as a Divisional Police Officer [DPO] in Uwani, Enugu, before his transfer to Onitsha, admitted that Benjamin, who was not living with him prior to his marriage with Juliet, moved into his house after the marriage, adding that the boy lived peacefully with Juliet.

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