Imam Divorces Wife For Becoming Christian
An Imam in Lagos State has ended his 21-year-old marriage to his wife after she converted to the Christian faith.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Rabiu, 48, an Islamic cleric, had approached the Igando Customary Court, seeking a termination of his marriage to Rachael, who had turned a prophetess.
According to him, prior to their marriage, Rachael had agreed to abandon her Christian religion for Islamic faith.
“But three years ago, she now told me that God has asked her to return to her former religion and become a prophetess,” he said.
According to him, “I cannot accept that under my roof; it is either she comes back to my faith or I send her packing through dissolution of the marriage.
“The annoying thing is that she does not go to her church alone but takes the children along.
“Now the Central Mosque Association Committee vowed to remove me as an Imam if my wife refused to return as a Muslim.”
After much back and forth, the court’s President, Mr Akin Akinniyi, ordered the dissolution of the marriage, stating that the court had no alternative than to dissolve the marriage as efforts by the court and family to reconcile the couple had failed.
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