An customary court in Asaba, Delta State on Wednesday, July 2, 2014 dissolved a 13-year-old marriage between Ogbueshi Henry Oduke and Roseline Oduke over childlessness.
The husband, Oduke, 52, a resident of Ogbe-Ilo, Asaba filed a suit to dissolve his marriage to his wife because they did not have a child.
According to the husband, Mrs Oduke confessed to him, during sexual intercourse, that she cannot bear children, as her womb was removed following series of abortion while she was unmarried, adding that all efforts via different native doctors and orthodox doctors to bring back her womb proved abortive.
He said, “my lord, my wife confessed to me during sexual intercourse that she cannot have a child because her womb was removed while she was 21 following series of abortions. My lord I want an end to this marriage because I cannot continue to suffer and endure an unproductive marriage with a woman who is not fruitful.”
During cross-examination by the counsel to the petitioner, Barr. Emeka Odili, the woman admitted that she reached an agreement reached with the husband before they got married.
