Nigeria: A barber,
Gbenga Akinade, on Friday at an Ibadan Grade C Customary Court, Agodi-Ibadan,
secured the dissolution of his six-year-old marriage on grounds of infidelity.
Mr. Akinade
told the court that his wife, Busayo, had sex with her former husband on his
(Gbenga’s) matrimonial bed, adding that he could no longer tolerate her
adulterous way.
He testified
that he met the defendant when she was hawking herbal liquor (Agbo-jedi), and
that both of them agreed to marry after few months of courtship.
“I did not
know that she was a divorcee with two kids until she got pregnant for me. I
began to suspect her adulterous ways after she gave birth to our second child.
“She used to
go out for two or three days, leaving the children with neighbours,’’ he said.
“Her immoral
affairs with her ex-husband came into open recently when I caught her having
sex with the man on our matrimonial bed.
“I beat the
hell out of her that day but allowed the man to go because unpleasant things
might happen if I beat him.
“I decided
for divorce in order to forget how I met her with her ex-husband on my bed,’’
he said.
The
petitioner prayed the court to allow him to have the custody of his children.
“I promise
to take good care of them,’’ he said.
The
respondent, in her defence, said that her estranged husband was aware that she
had two children before he met her.
She, however,
was silent on the allegation that she had sex with her ex-husband on Mr.
Akinade’s matrimonial bed.
Busayo added
that Mr. Akinade regularly beat her.
She pleaded
with the court to peacefully resolve the conflict.
“I am not
ready to leave my matrimonial home and my children,’’ she said.
The
president of the court, Mukaila Balogun, dissolved the marriage on the ground
of lack of love.
“The opinion
of the court is that there is no more love between the parties based on the
testimonies of the couple,’’ he said.
Mr. Balogun
ordered that two of the three children should be in the custody of their father
while the last child should be with the mother.
The
president of the court ordered the petitioner to be paying N4, 000 monthly to
the respondent for the upkeep of the only child with her.
(NAN)
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