A middle-aged Nigerian woman identified as Modinat, has on Tuesday approached a Customary court siting in Idi-Ogungun, Agodi, Ibadan, Oyo state seeking divorce from one of her husbands.
According to the woman, she alternated between two husbands in order to satisfy her financial needs to foot the bills of her three children.
The woman, Modinat, pleaded with the court to dissolve one of her marriages with her husband of 12 years, Ajadi Mufutau, on grounds that he has failed to cater for her needs and that of her children.
Accusing Ajadi Mufutau o maltreatment before the court, Modinat revealed that she met Mufutau in 2005 and took in for him shortly after without marriage formalities.
She said, “He pretended to be nice. But when he impregnated me, he began beating me whenever I demanded money for antenatal care.
“I left his house after delivery and hooked up with another man, Saheed, who impregnated me two years later, but turned me into a punching bag after delivery of the child for him.
“I decided to date the two of them until they met each other in my rented apartment and fought.
“My Lord, I have decided to divorce Mufutau because he has stopped giving me money for the maintenance of the two kids I had for him since he fought his rival, Saheed, in my apartment.”
The court president, Chief Mukaila Balogun, however accepted her petition for marriage dissolution.