Court dissolves marriage after HIV positive wife refuses protection

 

A Jikwoyi Customary Court, Abuja, on Friday, February 17 dissolved the marriage between a couple due to disagreements between the man and his wife.

The wife is HIV positive but insists her husband should not to use protection when sleeping with her.

The presiding judge, Everyman Eleanya, who ordered the dissolution of the marriage, said that the court had done everything possible to reconcile the parties. 

“The court did everything possible to reconcile the couple but all efforts failed,’’ Vanguard quoted the judge as saying.

Eleanya dissolved the marriage and ordered that the bride price be returned to the husband, Joseph Danjuma, who is a farmer.

Earlier, Danjuma had told the court that he still loved his wife even with the HIV.

His words: “My wife got pregnant and put to bed in 2012; the child got terribly ill and died. Due to the ailment and death of the child, I insisted that my wife be tested of HIV, which the doctor did and she tested positive.

“Because I still loved my wife, we used protection during intercourse.But as time went on, she refused me using protection on her, and insisted on intercourse without protection.” 

 The wife, who admitted being HIV positive, consented to the dissolution of the marriage, adding that she was tired of the marriage.