He has not had sex with me for nine years, wife tells court

An Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos State has dissolved an 18-year-old marriage between Olive Omoletu and his wife, Toyin, over sex denial for nine years.

The sex-starved 38-year-old Toyin, who is a ‘nurse’ at a traditional hospital, had approached the court seeking the dissolution of the union.

 President of the court, Mr T.K. Dabor, ruled that the couple should go their separate ways as the marriage had broken down irretrievably.

He granted the custody of the children to Toyin pending the outcome of the family court’s ruling.

Dabor ordered the husband to pay a monthly upkeep allowance of N15, 000 for the three children of the marriage and that he should have access to them.

Earlier, the estranged wife had told the court that her husband had not had sex with her in the last nine years.

She said her husband always complained of tiredness.

“Since we had our last son, my husband has refused to perform his conjugal duties. I would have left him since but he was always seeking my mother’s intervention.

“Not quite long, I discovered that someone placed a thunderbolt ( magun) on me, but I was helped by a traditionalist.

“He also consumes too much alcohol and very hostile to me and my children.

“I beg this court for instant dissolution of this marriage to enable me to move on with my life,” Toyin said.