Sunday, November 10, 2024 -Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, has adjourned for judgment, a divorce suit brought before it by a man, Saka, against his wife, Sadia, whom he accused of irresponsibility, drunkenness and domestic violence.
Saka
stated that his marriage to Sadia truncated his joy and left him living a
frustrated life.
According
to the plaintiff, he gave the defendant N50, 000 to start a business, but that
she spent it on alcohol.
Saka stated that Sadia, after dinking and getting drunk, would mess up
their apartment and betwet.
He added that she would lock him up in their room and beat him to a pulp
anytime he complained of her disgraceful act.
Saka further said that he had reported Sadia to the police on several
occasions, but that she refused to change, which made him come to court.
The plaintiff, apart from divorce, requested an order restricting his
wife from threatening and interfering with his private life.
Sadia told the court she was also fed up with the relationship between
her and her husband.
She said her husband was selfish and that he reneged on his promise to
take good care of her.
According to the defendant, the plaintiff gave her only N200 for food
per day, while he would buy foodstuff and also cook stew and keep them in his
room.
Sadia added that Saka was in the habit of sending his wives packing.
According to her, she was the seventh wife he was divorcing.
Saka, in his evidence, said, “My lord, my wife is a thorn in the flesh.
She has ridiculed me enough. I want her out of my house and life. I have never
met her parents. I only know her sister, which was why I did not pay her bride
price. She moved in with me in 2020 and turned my life upside down.
"I gave her N50, 000 to empower her. I sat her down and enlightened
her on the different businesses she could go into. I felt I was relating with a
reasonable and sensible person, but this was not the case. My wife to my
chagrin took to drinking. She could drink a barrel of beer in a day. She spent
the N50, 000 I gave her on alcohol.
"Sadia would go out without my consent and return home drunk. Our
apartment and our room, especially, are filled with odour. My wife messes up
our apartment whenever she’s drunk and also wets the bed. Our mattress stinks
because she urinates on the bed. We quarrel over her misbehaviour on a regular
basis, but she got worse rather than change.
“My wife is violent. She would lock me up many times in our bedroom
during a fight and beat me to a pulp. I have got her arrested by the police on
many occasions. The police, having gotten tired of us, advised that I come to
court. My lord, I pray this court to dissolve our marriage before my wife kills
me. I further request an order restraining her from threatening and interfering
with my private life.”
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