My HIV Positive Wife Insists I Shouldn’t Use Condom

A Jikwoyi Customary Court, Abuja, on Friday dissolved 
the marriage between Joseph Danjuma, a farmer, and his
 HIV positive wife who insists her husband have intercourse with her without using condom.

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.’’

Eleanya dissolved the marriage and ordered that the
 bride price be returned to the husband.

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

“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 condom as a 
means of protection during sexual intercourse.

“But as time went on, she refused me using condom on
 her, and insisted on intercourse without condom,” he narrated.

The respondent, who admitted being HIV positive, 
consented to the dissolution of the marriage, adding that

 she was tired of the marriage.