A 49 year old man from Ibadan has urged a customary court to grant the divorce request of his wife on the grounds that she was too promiscuous and her promiscuity was beyond reasonable boundaries.
Gbenga Olumilua had been dragged before a Grade C Magistrate Court by his wife Rashidat who asked for a divorce. Rather than fight the divorce however, Gbenga implored the Judge to dissolve the ten year old marriage because it was characterized by cheating, nagging and extreme disrespect on the part of his wife Rashidat.
According to Olumilua;
”I married her when she was nothing. Although I didn’t pay her dowry, yet I took care of her and provided for all her needs to make her satisfied.
I work in Lagos, but I spend my weekends in Ibadan. Unfortunately, she used my absence as an opportunity to learn the acts of infidelity from her friends.
She is now an expert, whose promiscuity has reached an alarming stage. She hardly stays at home to take care of the two kids of our marriage.
She is fond of nagging, and she will never listen to or obey my instructions and command as the husband. In this regard, her decision to end the marriage is a welcome development.”
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The original plaintiff had appealed to the court to grant her a divorce on the grounds that she was being brutalized in her marriage and she had no peace of mind because any time there was an argument in the house, her husband beat her to a pulp.
Rashidat told the court;
“He even cut my hair with a razor in one of our fights. My lord, I am scared, because I am not sure of what he wants to do with my hair.
He does not treat me as a husband will treat his lovely wife. He maltreats me, never providing for my needs.”
She continued further that the court should grant both parties freedom from the marriage to go their separate ways since love no longer existed between them.
Upon hearing the testimonies from both plaintiff and respondent, the President of the Court, Chief Ramoni Olafenwa, had no choice but to dissolve the ten year old union.
He also gave custody of the first child to Olumilua while he ordered that the second child remain with the mother.
Olafenwa also ordered the respondent to pay N4,000 as monthly upkeep allowance for the second child while he admonished both parties to stay away from each other in the interest of peace.