By Emmanuel Bamfo 
Marriage suppose be safe zone, but for 47-year-old Johnson Gabriel, home turn into boxing ring. The Kaduna resident reach his limit after 20 years of marriage to his wife, Janet, and run go Kaduna Customary Court for Sabon Tasha to beg for complete dissolution of their union.
Gabriel tell the court say his wife get bad temper and she dey beat him anytime small misunderstanding happen. According to him, the domestic violence don reach level where he dey fear for his life every single day.
Domestic abuse against men na real issue, even though people hard to talk about am. Data from the World Health Organization (WHO) show say violence dey affect both gender, but cultural stigma often make men hide their pain. Gabriel choose to break the silence because his safety come first.
The petitioner explain say Janet no longer behave like wife. He talk say she no dey listen, she no get respect, and she refuse to change. Even after he try different ways with family to settle the matter, everything fail flat.
For many African societies, people expect men to just endure pain, but court records across West Africa show more men now dey use legal steps to leave dangerous relationships. Expert guidance from marriage counselors always emphasize say physical violence should never be part of any home.
Gabriel move show say nobody suppose stay inside marriage where threat to life become daily routine. Now, all eyes dey on the Kaduna Customary Court to decide how the matter go end.
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Source: News Agency of Nigeria