A pastor, Ajayi Joshua, Wednesday urged the Osun state high court sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, to dissolve his 16-year-old marriage.
He said he has agreed with his wife, Ajayi Lucia, who has been taking care of the two children of the marriage since 2013, to end the marriage.
Led in evidence by his lawyer, Oyebode Babalola, before the chief judge of the state, Justice Oyebola Adepele-Ojo, Joshua who claimed to be a farmer and a pastor told the court that the marriage started in 2009 at Ilesa East, but consummation with the respondent has ceased since 2013.
He said, “There are two children in the marriage. The children are with the respondent. I’ve been paying their school fees. I want the children to be with her but she should allow them to visit me during holidays. I will be paying their school fees.”
When the Judge persuaded him to stay in the marriage, he said the matter has gone beyond resolution.
The respondent who had no legal representative, told the court that there have been interventions from different quarters but the petitioner insisted that the marriage must end.