A
herbal practitioner, Morufu Ajah, on Tuesday admitted in an Igando Customary
Court, Lagos, that he gave his wife Deborah money for abortion. Ajah, 33, told
the court that he gave his wife money to terminate the pregnancy because he was
not sure if the pregnancy belonged to him. “I gave my wife money to abort her
pregnancy because she used to leave home without my consent to unknown
destination and come back after 21 days or 30 days.
“She
may even tell me she was going to her parent’s place, after some days, I will
call her parent, they will tell me they did not see her. “So, when she came
back home and told me that she was pregnant, I doubted it. I gave her N7,000 to
terminate it. “She collected the money, lied to me that she had done it but
never did it,’’ Ajah said.
The petitioner said that his wife turned his mother into a `punching bag’ that most times, she beat and tore her clothes.
The petitioner said that his wife turned his mother into a `punching bag’ that most times, she beat and tore her clothes.
“My
wife had turned my mother’s clothes to rags as she always tore it into pieces
whenever she is beating her. “She always curse and abuse my mother, calling her
a witch and telling people that my mother always fly in the night,’’ he said.
He described his wife as a violent and aggressive woman that she used to hit
him first any time they had misunderstanding and that always prompted him to
beat her up.
Morufu
alleged that his wife was fetish that on three occasions, he came back from
work and saw salt sprinkled all over the house. He urged the court to dissolve
their three years old marriage because he was no longer in love and his
mother’s life was in danger. Deborah, 30, teacher, denied all the allegations,
and insisted that the fight in the home was because she refused to terminate
the pregnancy. “My husband gave me money to abort my baby, I collected the
money but used it for another thing.
“When
he later discovered that I did not do the abortion, he started beating me and
moved my belonging into the kitchen. “He later left the house to unknown
destination, it was my neighbours that always contributed money for me to feed
till my delivery,’’ Deborah said. The mother of two said that she never beat
her mother-in-law nor tore her clothes. She pleaded with the court not to grant
her husband’s petition because she was still in love with him. The court
President, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, urged the couple to maintain the peace and
adjourned the case till Dec. 7, for judgement.
-Vanguard
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