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  • I caught my husband making love in our bedroom, woman tells court

    I caught my husband making love in our bedroom, woman tells court

    A 40-year-old trader, Mrs Folake Alimi, on Wednesday told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that she caught her husband making love to a girl on their matrimonial bed.

    The woman said this while responding to a divorce suit filed by her husband whom she accused of cheating on her.

    “I came home unannounced and I caught my husband making love to a girl;  he jumped up when he noticed my presence.

    “I also saw him with a woman in a hotel near our house when I went to buy food.

    “He begged me not to expose him because of his position in the church and I kept it a secret,” she said.

    The respondent said her husband was always jealous and had often accused her of dating every man he saw her with.

    “My husband stopped me from working claiming men are dating me,” she said.

    The mother of four said that what used to cause their frequent fights was his penchant for buying things for the children of his first wife and ignoring her own.

    She begged the court not to grant her husband’s wish for the dissolution of the marriage, claiming that she was still in love with him.

    Her husband, Joseph, had approached the court seeking to end his 11-year-old marriage over his wife’s alleged  infidelity.

    “My wife is cheating on me, she receives calls from men at odd hours,” he said.

    The petitioner accused his wife of going out and returning at will.

    “My wife abandoned me and the children for one year for an unknown destination; she came back and left for another seven months.

    “She was always going to parties and spending days before coming back,” the estranged husband said.

    The 47-year-old businessman said that his wife’s son from another father, in company with a gang,  attacked him in his church with cutlass, rods and other dangerous weapons.

    “My step-son that I trained came to my church with his gang in order to beat me up because I beat his mother,” he said.

    He urged the court to terminate the marriage, saying he was no longer in love with his wife.

    The President of the court, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, adjourned the case till June 28 for further hearing.

  • Man loses 18-year-old marriage to wife’s friend’s pant

    Man loses 18-year-old marriage to wife’s friend’s pant

    An Igando Customary Court in Lagos State on Friday dissolved an 18-year-old  marriage between Mrs Taiwo Bolumade and her husband, Olajide over counter allegations of infidelity and battery.

    This dissolution came after several adjournments by the court asking the couple to resolve their differences were unsuccessful.

    Earlier, Mrs Taiwo Bolumade, 42, had told the court that she stumbled on a message where her friend was begging her husband, Olajide, 45, to return her pant.
    “My husband is dating my married friend and I discovered this when I was with his cell phone.
    “Then, a whatsApp message entered with my friend’s picture appearing on the screen begging my husband to return her pant.
    “I showed my husband the message; he confessed that he was having an illegal affair with her that I should forgive him.
    “I also went to my friend’s house to confront her for having an illegal affair with my husband.
    “She also begged me that I should not let her husband hear about it and promised to end the relationship with my husband,” the petitioner told the court.
    The petitioner, a mother of four, also alleged that her husband had developed the habit of threatening to kill her with dangerous weapons at the slightest provocation.
    “My husband is used to beating me up using dangerous weapons; recently he threatened to kill me.
    “Anytime I received a call, my husband would demand for my cell phone to know if it were a man that called; and if I refused to surrender it to him, he would beat the hell out of me.
    “He once attacked me on the bed with a cutlass; threatening to machete me but I escaped by the whiskers,” she said.
    The petitioner said that her husband had refused to eat food prepared by her in the past three years.
    She, therefore, pleaded with the court to grant her application for divorce, saying she no longer loved her husband.

    Olajide, who denied her wife’s allegation of infidelity, accused Taiwo of having an extra-marital affair with another man.
    “My wife is having an affair with a man; I had caught them severally behind a transformer where they were always meeting around 11p.m.

    “She and her lover arrested me on two occasions, accusing me of always calling her lover’s cell phone and threatening his life, an allegation I knew nothing about,” he said.
    Olajide also described his wife as “an ingrate”, alleging that he bought two cars for her when his business was booming but when it crashed, she started misbehaving.
    “In fact, she even invited the police to arrest me claiming I stole her N100,000 of which I am innocent of,” he said.
    According to him, Taiwo always goes out at will without my permission and will always return home between 11:p.m. and 11:30 p.m.
    The husband said he stopped eating foods prepared by his wife because she was fond of abusing him before serving him.
    Olajide, however, urged the court to grant his wife’s application for divorce, saying he was also fed up with the 18-year-old marriage.

    The president of the court, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, in his judgment said that it appeared that the couple was fed up with the marriage as all efforts to reconcile them had failed.

    “Since both parties had consented to the dissolution of their marriage, this court has no choice than to dissolve the marriage.
    “This court, therefore, pronounces the marriage between Mrs Taiwo Bolumade and Mr Olajide Bolumade dissolved today.

    “Both parties are no longer husband and wife; they are free to go their separate ways without any hindrances and molestations,” Omilola ruled.

  • Wife’s infidelity threatens 23-year­-old marriage

    A 52-year-old driver, Wasiu Oyedele, on Wednesday sought dissolution of his 23-year-old marriage, saying he could no longer tolerate the adulterous nature of his wife, Afusat.

    He told an Igando Customary Court, Lagos that Afusat, with whom he had four children, had the habit of bringing her lovers into their matrimonial home.

    “My wife brings her lovers into our home, and anytime I query her, she fights me.

    “She used to come with a particular man into our matrimonial home and my children told me that the same man regularly visits her in her shop.

    “On many occasions, I met her with her pastor in our room and whenever I asked of her pastor’s mission, she always said he came for spiritual matters,’’ Oyedele said.

    The petitioner said that his wife got pregnant for another man after she had their first baby.

    “My wife abandoned our 10-month-old baby for me and got pregnant for another man. She came back after some years and I accepted her,” he said.

    According to him, his wife does not have any respect for his family.

    “My wife used to call my father a witch and always fought with my mother whenever she visited; my mother has stopped coming to my house,’’ he said.

    Oyedele also accused Afusat of being fetish.

    “I saw charms in my wife’s room and I called our children and our neighbours to come and see.

    “I believe those charms in her room caused my illness, because anytime I go to the hospital for treatment, they always tell me to seek the help of a spiritualist,” he said.

    The petitioner presented to the court pictures of the charms as evidence.

    He also said his wife chased away his first wife who did not bear him any child by always mocking and calling her a barren wife.

    The petitioner begged the court to terminate the marriage, saying he was no longer interested.

    Rebutting some of the allegations, Afusat pleaded with the court not grant her husband’s wish, as she was still in love with him.

    “Please do not grant my husband’s wish for the dissolution of our marriage; I am still in love with him, and besides, I don’t have anywhere to go”’she begged.

    Afusat, 40, who is a trader, said she was not fetish and did not know how the charms got into her room.

    The mother of four said she did not just abandon their baby to get pregnant for another man, but it was her husband that chased her out of his house.

    “My husband chased me out of his house after I had our first baby and that made me to get pregnant for another man,” she told the court.

    The court president, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, adjourned the case till June 27 for  judgment.

     

  • Court dissolves 7-year-old marriage over infidelity

    Court dissolves 7-year-old marriage over infidelity

    An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Wednesday dissolved a seven-year-old marriage of a businesswoman on grounds of the husband’s infidelity.

    The Court President, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, dissolved the union of Mrs Francisca Obeeji and Mr Ezekiel Obeeji, who failed to appear before the Court.

    Omilola held that evidence before the court, including Ezekiel’s refusal to appear before the court, showed that the marriage had failed.

    ‘‘Throughout the duration of this case, the respondent refused to appear before the court.

    ‘‘Therefore, the court has no other choice than to dissolve the marriage.

    ‘‘Both parties are no longer husband and wife; they are free to go their separate ways without any hindrances and molestation,’’ he said.

    The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Francisca had sought divorce, saying that Ezekiel impregnated a woman he introduced to her as his sister.

    ‘‘My husband stopped making love to me three months after our wedding; he brought a young woman home and introduced her to me as his sister.

    ‘‘He told me that she would be living with us, and I accepted.

    ‘‘After some months, his ‘sister’ got pregnant and my husband ran away with her to an unknown destination.

    “He sublet our apartment to another tenant without my knowledge,’’ she submitted.

    Frascisca said that she had to vacate the apartment when the new tenant moved in.

    ‘‘When I heard that my husband did traditional wedding with his so-called sister, I travelled to his hometown to confirm from his parents.

    ‘‘His parents told me they could only accept a fertile woman as wife. They told me to go and marry another man.’’

    The businesswoman submitted that Ezekiel never truly loved her but was after her money.

    ‘‘When he approached me for marriage, he was jobless, but when he pleaded with me to allow him to join me in my business, I accepted.

    ‘‘After our wedding, he took over the business from me,’’ she said, adding that Ezekiel was constantly beating her.

  • My wife steals, abandones our baby – Man tells court

    My wife steals, abandones our baby – Man tells court

    The Igando customary court, Lagos has dissolved a four year old marriage between Livinus Uwa and Chinyere Uwa over the husband accusing the wife of stealing his money.

    Mr. Livinus made it known to the court that he married a thief as a wife and urged the court to dissolve the marriage between him and his wife because of her act of stealing money from his wardrobe.

    According to the report: “I married a thief, on several occasions, my wife stole money from my wardrobe, rendering me broke. The last time she burgled my room and stole N350, 000.

    “I reported the theft at the police station and she confessed to the theft, but the money was not recovered.

    “I have reported all her attitudes and stealing habits to both families, they called her, but she refused to change.’’

    He made it known that his wife has refused to appear in the court after several callings and also added that she has been appearing and disappearing since they married.

    “When she was pregnant, she left the house to an unknown destination and came back after she was delivered of the baby.

    “She abandoned our baby when she was 10-month-old; I have to engage a baby sitter to take care of her.

    When the baby was two years, I enrolled her in school and my wife reappeared,’’ he said.

    Livinus described his wife chinyere as a lazy and dirty fellow and also pleaded to the court to dissolve the marriage language since he can no longer cope with her stealing and lazy act anymore.

    The president of the court Mr. Adegboyega Omilola dissolved the marriage since the wife has refused to appear in court.

    It was made known that throughout the duration of the case Chinyere has refused to appear in court.

    It was declared by Omilola: “The marriage between Livinus Uwa and Chineye Uwa is hereby dissolved from today, both parties are no longer husband and wife, they are free to go their separate ways without any hindrances and molestation.’’