Universal Reformed Christian Church member accuses pastor of having affair with his wife

UNIVERSAL Reformed Christian Church popularly known as Nongu u Kristu UI Ser U sha Tar (NKST) clergyman Pastor Terlanga Unongu has been accused by one of his members of destroying his marriage by having an affair with his wife.

Tertsea Daagu, a NKST Church member, has accused Pastor Unongu, of causing confusion in his relationship with his wife Wandoo Daagu. Mr Daagu stated this during his defence in a divorce case brought against him by his wife before a Makurdi Upper Area Court.

Mr Daagu said: “I have never beaten my wife or accused her of adultery, it is my wife that admitted before our NKST church committee that she has committed adultery with one Reverend Terlanga Unongu, a pastor of the church. I have not accused my wife of having an affair but she has confessed to having an affair with Reverend Terlanga Unongu.

“In 2007, she confessed to having an intimate affair with the pastor when the church committee took up the matter and I have the evidence with me written in Tiv language. Although the committee could not give an appropriate resolution, we appealed to the general synod where a resolution was passed.”

He denied ever beating his wife and claimed that she left his house with the approval of her father. Mr Daagu said that he was not opposed to divorce, adding that he was also not opposed to his wife having full access to their three kids.

Mrs Daagu had petitioned the court to dissolve the marriage, citing alleged brutality and unnecessary accusations of infidelity. Wandoo, who said that she married her husband according to the Tiv Native Laws and Customs at Amua, Gaav in Konshisha Local Government Area in 2000, told the court that there was no longer love between them.

She added: “We have three children and after nursing our last daughter, my husband started accusing me of being unfaithful. He kept attacking me and would be beat me up at the slightest provocation, I reported this cruelty to his parents but instead of intervening, they took sides with him."

Wandoo said that she left Daagu’s house in 2008 when the cruelty became unbearable and urged the court to dissolve the marriage and grant her full access to their three children. She added that since then, they have had no contact.