A 42-year-old woman, Mrs. Cecilia Ajayi, on
Thursday pleaded with an Igando Customary Court in Lagos State to dissolve her
marriage with her husband, John Ajayi, aged 46.
Cecilia, the
petitioner, accused Ajayi, the defendant, to whom she had been married for 20
years of being as a womaniser.
“My husband is a
womaniser; he is dating four girls in our street and brings them into our
matrimonial home.
“On many occasions he
and his lovers had beaten me up whenever I prevented them from entering our
room.
“He was not satisfied with his lovers, as he
severally made attempts to rape my younger sister,’’ the wife told the court on
Thursday.
She also accused her
with who she had three children of being a drunk.
Cecilia said, “John is
a drunk. After drinking to stupor, he will be falling inside gutter, talking in
an incoherent manner.”
She also claimed that
her husband sent her packing because she was not educated, saying, “he can no
longer cope with illiterate.”
The wife said that John refused to leave his
family house since they got married in 1996.
“On three occasions, I
was attacked by John’s family members over inheritance,” she said.
“My husband’s family
wanted to kill me; they said that I was the one preventing my husband from
sharing his late father’s property.”
“John always said that
he could not relocate from his family house.”
She urged the court to
end the marriage, saying that she was no longer interested in the affair
because her life was no longer safe.
The petitioner, John
Ajayi (46) , however, denied the allegations, saying that his wife ran away
with a man because he lost his job and no longer financially buoyant.
“Things were moving on
fine until I lost my job and her behaviour changed, she packed out to live with
another man.
“She even gave birth to
her new lover two months ago,’’ the author said.
The respondent said
that he could not leave his family house because he was the only son in the
family.
John, therefore, begged
the court not to grant his wife’s wish adding that he was still in love with
her.
The President of the
court, Mr. Adegboyega Omilola, after listening to the couple, adjourned the
case to September 27, his for judgment.
-Punch
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