Kayunga, (UG):- There was drama in Kisoga village, Nazigo Sub-county, Kayunga District after a 35-year-old man stormed the home of his in-laws demanding that they return gifts he gave the family as dowry when he married their daughter.
Mr Adadi Lugoloobi, a boda boda rider in Kayunga Town, Kayunga District married Sophie Nakafeero in an Islamic marriage ceremony (Nikah) in September 2024.
During the ceremony held at the home of Ms Nakafeero’s mother, Ms Faimah Nankwanga in Kisoga village, Adadi gifted his in-laws a water tank, a sofa set, clothes, six bags of sugar, rice, soft drinks and many others, all valued at Shs15 million.
The couple spent barely two months together before they developed domestic misunderstandings with Ms Nakafeero accusing Lugoloobi of mistreating her two children she got in her earlier marriage.
Lugoloobi reportedly tried to block her from staying with the children in his home while Ms Nakafeero also accused the husband of failing to refund Shs5 million she advanced him as a loan and failure to provide all necessities to her.
In October, Mr Lugoloobi said their marriage seemingly hit a dead rock, and was shocked when he returned home in the evening only to find that his wife had gone away with all the household property.
“When she divorced me, I tried to contact her parents and other relatives to convince her to return in vain. I explained to her relatives that the allegations she was making against me were baseless,” Mr Lugoloobi said.
After failing to woo his wife back home, Mr Lugoloobi on Sunday stormed his mother in-law’s home demanding refund for all the gifts he gave the family as dowry. Mr Lugoloobi said he borrowed the money he used to buy the gifts and argued that he was not willing to lose everything after Nakafeero threw in the towel.
As Lugoloobi demanded for the dowry and forcefully entered the house where the mother in-law had hidden, a row ensued when the enraged in-law tried to beat up Lugoloobi prompting neighbours and a crowd that had gathered to calm the situation. Ms Nakafeero too joined other relatives to hurl insults at Lugoloobi for demanding the gifts he had given to them.
“How can you demand for gifts you gave us willingly?” an angry Nankwanga asked Lugoloobi.
Mr Lugoloobi was later driven away, vowing to make another attempt to reclaim his dowry.
The following day, Lugoloobi took the matter to Mr Collins Kafeero, the district Probation and social welfare officer to help her get back his dowry.
In a three-hour heated mediation meeting, also attended by some relatives of either parties, Ms Nakafeero insisted that she would not return to Lugoloobis home, contending that since October when she walked out, they had held over five meetings to settle their dispute in vain.
“I am tired of him. I am the one who gave him some of the money he used to buy some of the dowry gifts he gave my parents,” Ms Nakafeero claimed.
But Lugoloobi insisted he bought them using his money, loan and donations from friends.
Mr Kafeero eventually managed to convince Ms Nakafeero who accepted to return to Lugoloobis home but vowed not to take back the household property she had taken saying some of the property was hers.
Mr Lugoloobi, who apologized to his wife for all “the wrongs” he had done including attacking his in-laws also promised to go and apologise to his mother in-law. The couple was asked to return at the end of this month as a follow up on the status of their reunion.
Source: Monitor
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