Wife pleads divorce over husband’s gambling addiction

A lady, identified as Muinat Ibrahim has called for a divorce from her husband after taking a notice of the latter’s gambling addiction.

Muinat seeked a divorce at an Area Court in Ilorin on Thursday, statung that she discovered her husband’s addiction to gambling immediately after their wedding and had tried her best to make him stop, but to no avail.

“My husband sold our television set, fridge and my two Android phones to gamble.

“He also lost two commercial motorcycles and spent my school fees on gambling.

“I moved out of his house but returned after he promised to stop. He never stopped,” she said.

According to her, her husband moved out of their house to live with his parents when he could no longer get money from her.

The respondent, however, told the court that he was sorry and promised to change.

”I promise to stop gambling. Please give me another chance to make amends”.

The presiding Judge, Hammad Ajumonbi, advised the respondent to stop gambling.

“If you continue gambling, you might lose everything you worked for, ” he said.

In the end, Ajumonbi agreed with the respondent’s plea and gave him a week to change his behavior.

He also told him to be a good husband and pay back the money he owed his wife.

He put the case on hold until May 23 to hear about an agreement.