An Igboukwu Customary Court judge in Aguata local government area of Anambra State, Chinelo Egili, wept on Wednesday while presiding over a divorce case and lamented the rising cases of divorce in the country.
The customary court judge said women must devise ways of keeping their marriages, saying no marriage was ordained to fail.
She was presiding over a divorce case between Chizoba Ezekwo and her husband, Eze Samuel Ezekwo. Ezekwo had dragged his wife to court over alleged extra marital affairs.
The judge said when a marriage broke up, children who are the products of such union bear the brunt and she suspended the proceedings midway to allow the couple to go back home to settle the matter before the next adjourned date.
The judge said, “We cannot be coming here to preside over family matters all the time. Let’s take law out of this, this court hates divorce, it is not right before God and man. We don’t like coming here all the time to talk about families seeking to separate.
“Couples must look for ways to keep their families intact. If you cannot come together because of the agreement you signed, then it should be for the sake of the children,” she said.
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