A 40-year-old trader, Salau Kehinde, has admitted
beating up his wife, Mrs. Salau Shakirat Olaide, over sex, but denied planning
to pour hot water on her.
Kehinde, of 9, Fatai
Oloko Street, Haruna, Ikorodu, was dragged by his wife to a customary court
sitting in Ikorodu, Thursday, for dissolution of their marriage.
He agreed that he used to
beat Olaide up whenever she denied him of sex and if she came home late from
her trading business, but that he “merely boiled the water so he could threaten
her with it.”
“I had no intention of
bathing her in the water,” he told the court.
Kehinde continued, “She
refused to cook for me when she was pregnant. She also said I should look for
another wife.”
Speaking earlier, his
32-year-old wife, Olaide, of 1, Azeez Aremu Close, Ibeshe, Ikorodu, told the
court that they got married 10 years ago and had two children together, but had
been living separately for over two years now.
“He always refused to
give me money and this made us quarrel and fight a lot,” she said. “I had to
leave him when he kept threatening to pour hot water on me.”
“His friend advised him
to beat me up and he became fond of beating me. He would beat me whenever I
returned from work, he would beat me when I told him I was too tired to have
sex, or for any flimsy excuse.”
She added that Kehinde
also lacked respect for her family.
When the court’s
president, Olu Adebiyi, asked her what she wanted, Olaide replied: “I want this
court to dissolve our marriage and grant me custody of our children.”
Kehinde, however,
promised to stop beating or threatening her and said he was willing to take her
back if she wants to stay with him.
The court adjourned the
matter to September 13, for
possible reconciliation.
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