How The Love For Money Destroy a Marriage

Febuary 2, 2002- The day Abayomi Johnson asked Sarah Banker to be his wife. Sarah was a musician in London at the time. Sarah was at the peak of her musical career when Johnson proposed to her.

Abayomi Johnson who was a Lagosian; he was born and raised in Lagos-Nigeria before leaving for the UK. He is a successful business man. He has a very bright personality which made it easy for Sarah to fall in love with him. His smile is infectious and could bringten up anyones day. His appearance is like that of a strong, and stable minded person. He is ready to give his heart to anything he sets out to get. Moreso, Johnson had a charming face and good body build that will make any woman to fall for him. His dark smooth skin tone and brown eyes matched with his white teeth. He is every girl's dream man.

Sarah was a very beautiful girl too, she is fair in complexion, born and raised in the UK. Sarah had a talent, and a very bright career as a singer. Few years later after their meeting Johnson and Sarah got married and their marriage was blessed with two amazing Kids; Nifemi and Jay. They both decided to relocate to Nigeria since Johnson had a flourishing business he was doing in Nigeria. He was into importing, with a big Warehouse at Apapa Lagos. Apart from his head office in Apapa he also had a very big store/warehouse in a big shopping mall in Lagos, his wife Sarah was the manger; together they had a lot of sales persons, young men who help them to run the business.

One day, Johnson called James Obadara; one of the sales boy, who works with his wife. (James) a native of Ondo State from the west part of Nigeria. He told him that he was having problem with his
wife. James asked his boss what the problem was? Johnson narrated how he had to spend 1million naira (4,000£) on food stuffs and provisions each time his mother-in-law visits them from London. All this will happen within three weeks of her stay and he doesn't like the fact he has to spend such amount of money each time she visited them. He asked James to help him talk to his wife, telling her
the state of his mind.

James was a hard working and detailed employee, that made him, his boss favorite. He also help out around the house. His bosses will often reward him by giving him some of their expensive used clothes, furnitures, electronics and other things. James brought most of the things he got from his
 to his family, seeing he was the first son of the family. James did as his boss had instructed him, he called his boss's wife and told her the conversation he had with her husband, also the fact that he was'nt happy with the way things were. Then the wife (Sarah) told James that Johnson was a big liar, that Johnson did not spend the amount he claimed to have spent on food stuffs. She told James that
she had noticed that husband was'nt happy, when she didn't make sales and brought very little money
home, she admitted that business was'nt going well and she didn't know the reason why but her husband blamed her for it. At this juncture, James is lost because he isn't sure who to believe

One day, Johnson told his wife that he needed to use her sport car, she obliged him. He drove off, just to return with a girl sitting beside him in the car. He parked the car in front of the shopping mall where Sarah's office is located. Like he knew she will; she saw her car with another woman sitting inside the car with her husband and she approached them, to better understand what was going on, her husband drove off, he didn't return to the house until very late at night.

Sarah who was still in shock by her husband's actions could'nt sleep, she tried to question her husband about what happened earlier in the day but he replied saying if she don't leave him in peace,
he was going to leave the house, and marry a secound wife. Sarah who in crazy love with her husband knew something wasn't right but she was ready to do anything to protect her marriage. She
quickly called on James who had become her confidant over the years. She asked James to take her to a Prophet, concerning her marriage. As always James came through and took Sarah to see a Prophet.
Along the line, word got to Johnson, on his wife's frequent visits to the Prophet for help. He also knew that James is the only one that is close to his wife, and will mostly likely be the person to have taken her to the Prophet's place. He invited James to follow him out, James got in the car as always. No questions, Mr Johnson drove to somewhere in Lagos Island, that is densely populated by miscreants, popularly called "Area boys" in Nigeria. When they got to what look like a hang out spot, Johnson asked James to come out of the car and he handed James to the thugs, saying "this him".
That was all the cue the thugs needed to pounce on James, the boys tortured James so much, they burned the hair on his skin with a candle. While the torture continued, James asked what his offense was, and told him that his boss (Johnson) told them he stole his Rolex wristwatch. James being a wise young man, quickly admitted to stealing the Rolex, he told them it was at his place, he ask that they followed him to his house so that he could give the wristwatch to them, since it was of more value than his life.

The thugs agreed and followed him to his family house where James lived. When they got there, they introduced themselves as police officers from Lagos Island police statiion; to James's family, that James was arrested for stealing his boss's Rolex. James who was in agonizing pain could not speak out, he just kept weeping continuosly. James had just lost his mother few weeks before this ugly incident. The family members were still mourning the death of James's mother, they all look really shocked with the latest development.

After searching and not finding any Rolex in the house, they threatened to take James back to their custody, James's elder sister demanded for their ID card as Nigeria Police force and they could'nt produce one. His sister Maia, said to them without their identity card they will not take her brother any where, especially not in his present critical condition. After an extensive argument and fight from James's sister the member of his family and friends the thugs were over powered and left without taking James with them.

A few days later after James has fully recovered and was a lot better, he was able to tell the family the whole story; he said he didn't steal the Rolex wristwatch, he also told them of how his boss's wife planned on selling all the properties of Mr Johnson and move to the UK with him (James) so that Johnson will not be able to get him because he is a very dangerous man, and could kill anyone to save Face. Apparently Johnson got to know about her plans and all Hell broke loose.

At end of everything Sarah and Johnson divorce and she moved on with her life.
"He who loves money will not be satisfied with money: nor he who loves wealth, with gain: this also is vanity"- Ecclesiates 5:10

Queendaline Schneider.