Friday, December 13, 2024 - On Friday, businessman Kehinde Balogun requested the Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his 14-year marriage to his estranged wife, Stella, citing adultery as the reason.
Balogun, a father of three, said with regrets that if he had known that
Stella would bring him such future embarrassment, he would not have exchanged
marital vows with her.
“My lord, I became completely frustrated when I
found out that Stella was having extra-marital affairs with my plumber and I
made her realise this.
“Then, she decided to move out of my house, packing my belongings with her and
abandoning our three children,” Balogun said.
During cross examination, the petitioner said his wife did not catch him
on their matrimonial bed with any woman.He also denied sending her photographs
to anybody.
However, Stella denied any wrong doing, stating that
one of her friends had told lies against her.“That friend of mine had told
Balogun that I’ve been sleeping around and he consequently began to react to me
negatively.
“He turned me into a punching bag and stopped sleeping in the house
“Later on, Balogun started sending my
photographs to his woman-friend.
“My lord, he has remarried with my three children in his care and they are not
properly catered for,” Stella told the court.
Delivering judgment, the court’s President, Mrs S.M. Akintayo,
pronounced the marriage dissolved on the ground that both Balogun and Stella
were no longer willing to continue with the union.
Akintayo granted an order restraining Stella from harassing, disturbing,
threatening and interfering with Balogun’s private life henceforth.
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