A mild drama played out at the weekend, at Oredo Local Government
Council marriage registry in Benin, Edo state when a 57 year-old man,
Valentine, abandoned his bride to be and took to his heels during their
marriage registration ceremony.
Pm News reports it below:
Like a scene from a Nollywood home video, a 57 year-old man
simply identified as Valentine, abandoned his bride to be at the registry and
took to his heels during a marriage registration ceremony over the weekend at
the Oredo Local Government Council marriage registry in Benin, Edo state.
simply identified as Valentine, abandoned his bride to be at the registry and
took to his heels during a marriage registration ceremony over the weekend at
the Oredo Local Government Council marriage registry in Benin, Edo state.
It was gathered that the embattled groom allegedly abandoned
the marriage formalities when he sighted his wife of 17 years who stormed the
venue to disrupt the marriage.
the marriage formalities when he sighted his wife of 17 years who stormed the
venue to disrupt the marriage.
Sources close to the family of Mr. Valentine disclosed to
journalists in Benin that the runaway groom had in the past approached marriage
registry in several courts in a different locations in Delta state where he was
said to secretly contracted another marriage.
journalists in Benin that the runaway groom had in the past approached marriage
registry in several courts in a different locations in Delta state where he was
said to secretly contracted another marriage.
He was said to have perfected plans to formalise his
relationship secretly with his latest lover when on the said day, he invited
few of his trusted friends to witness the occasion.
relationship secretly with his latest lover when on the said day, he invited
few of his trusted friends to witness the occasion.
Information about the arrangement of the new marriage was
said to have leaked to his first wife who had four children for him, and she
subsequently mobilised other women who stormed the venue to disrupt the
administration of marital vow.
said to have leaked to his first wife who had four children for him, and she
subsequently mobilised other women who stormed the venue to disrupt the
administration of marital vow.
The embattled wife was said to have narrated to the
bewildered crowd that her husband abandoned his responsibilities to the family
since he got involved with his new spouse, adding that, several attempts to
save the marriage did not yield the desire results.
bewildered crowd that her husband abandoned his responsibilities to the family
since he got involved with his new spouse, adding that, several attempts to
save the marriage did not yield the desire results.
“I had to do this because I’m
convinced my husband must have been bewitched by the lady because since the
rumour began making rounds he has stopped taking care of his four children.
Each time he is confronted to provide money for our upkeep he often complained
of not having money,” she allegedly narrated.
convinced my husband must have been bewitched by the lady because since the
rumour began making rounds he has stopped taking care of his four children.
Each time he is confronted to provide money for our upkeep he often complained
of not having money,” she allegedly narrated.
It was gathered that she threatened to take legal action
against the council should they go ahead on a later date to wed them insisting
that she remains his legal wife.
against the council should they go ahead on a later date to wed them insisting
that she remains his legal wife.
