MAN BOUGHT LAND IN FESTAC AND BUILT; WIFE ESTABLISHED SCHOOL THERE, NOW THEY'RE DIVORCED, WHO OWNS THE SCHOOL??

Nnamdi was a successful trader and importer who imported various items from China and was based at the Lagos trade fair.

He met his wife when he was younger, and the marriage was blessed with three kids.

When their marriage was relatively younger, he asked the wife what she would want to do since he did not want her to be a full-time house wife.

The wife mentioned that she would like to own a school since she read education at university.

Nnamdi bought two plots of land in Festac and then built a state-of-the-art school, free of charge, which he handed over to his wife upon completion.

The new school grew in leaps and bounds and was the favorite of the middle class parents in Festac and Amuwo-Odofin.

Parents pay up to 250K per term for their children to attend this elitist school.

Nnamdi’s importation business, on the other hand, was flourishing and moving well, and he did not have any reason to ask the wife for help till Covid struck.

COVID brought about the devaluation of our local currency which made his working capital useless , which hit Nnamdi’s business since China was the epic center of the outbreak.

China later closed their border to contain the virus, and before the announcement came, Nnamdi had transferred over $5 million to his Chinese partners.

He was stuck when China closed their border.

He could not get his money back nor the goods equivalent.

Not knowing what else to do, he remembered his wife, who was running an online class for her students who were at home.

He asked the wife to lend him 30 million from their working capital so he could use it to import another set items from Bangladesh pending when China opens their border.

The woman told him with a straight face that she did not have that kind of money and so couldn’t help.

Convinced in his mind that the wife was lying and did not want to help, he reached out to her account officer, managing the wife's school account domiciled with the bank, requesting statements of the account of the school. 

He was the one who opened the account for the wife, though he did not receive an alert because the wife removed his number from the account.

Nnamdi was left speechless when the account office reverted back to him.

The wife had 180 million naira, untouched, in her account with the bank.

Nnamdi could not believe his eyes.

He went to the bank to be sure that the account officer was sure of what she sent. The bank manager confirmed the same thing.

That his wife has a 180 million naira, at her school account with the bank.

Disappointed by the new information, Nnamdi confronted the wife about the money in her account.

The woman, instead of being remorseful, was angry that the husband went that far.

Does it mean that he does not trust her again?

The educationist fumed.

The matter escalated when Nnamdi, who was feeling betrayed that the wife of his youth, the woman he built up with his sweat and blood backstabbed him, requested that the wife should leave his house that night.

The woman did not think twice about packing her things and leaving. 

Nnamdi was later told by the wife's driver that she had moved to a rented duplex and with a shocker.

She moved in with her younger lover, whom she loves so much.

Marriage of 20 years in the mud.

The couple are in court at the moment for two things 

1) divorce from their 20-year marriage because it has irreparably broken down.

2) Who owns the building where the school is located?

The matter is in court and this story, narrated to me by Nnamdi himself with his permission to share, reminds me that sometimes, some of us do not marry out of love for our partner.

They marry whoever is available and rich enough to pay their bills.

Marriage is a business transaction, as a mean to an end and not that I love this person.

And no matter how hard they try to hide it, the crack in the union shows the faulty foundation as the couple grows older.

It is terrible!

My prayer is this: may we not end up with unfortunate partners like this.

God abeg ooooo.