Leonard Dilcon, a former member of the House of
Representatives, has accused his wife, Joy of having extra-marital affairs with
her pastor.
Dilcon made the accusation while defending himself in a
divorce suit filed by his wife at a High Court in Jos.
Joy had asked for dissolution of the 20-year-old marriage
in a case she filed on 14th September 2014. She had also requested the court to
grant her custody of their three children.
The defendant, in his submission, accused the wife of
neglecting the marriage and further accused her of having extra marital affairs
with Pastor Danjuma Fwenji of God’s Grace Divine Mission, Jos, Plateau State
He accused his wife and the said pastor of committing
sexual immorality at her parents’ home and the church.
“Each time I try to resolve our differences with my wife,
the Pastor will appear and confuse everything,” Mr. Dilcon said. But Mr.
Fwenji, who appeared before the court on Friday, denied ever having sex with
the petitioner.
He told the court that he only met the petitioner in
2006, when she was brought to his ministry for prayers and counselling. The
pastor said that he and other elders of the church prayed for the woman after
listening to her.
Under cross examination by the defendant’s counsel,
Francis Okafor, Mr. Fwenji said that he could not recall seeing the petitioner
again, owing to the large number of people that worship in the church. The
Pastor said he did not know the woman’s residence and had never had any private
affair with her.
He also denied the allegations that he was responsible
for the crisis in the petitioner’s marriage and rejected the allegation that he
was instrumental to her desire for divorce.
Fwenji also told the court that the church had asked Joy
to stop attending its programmes due to the crises in her marriage, to which
she complied.
“Ever since she stopped attending the church’s
programmes, I have not seen her again,” he said.
Okafor then pleaded with the court to adjourn the matter
to enable both parties to file and adopt their written addresses.
Justice David Mann, who granted the request, adjourned
the matter to 20th February.
C-huhuonline.com
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