Mrs Happiness Ama, who could no longer tolerate constant beating of her
mother by her husband, on Thursday sought to end her marriage.
Happiness, trader, 41, approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos,
saying that her husband, Jerry, with whom she had three children in their
21-year-old marriage, turned her mother into a punching bag.
She said, “My husband beats my mother regularly; the police have
warned him to stop the assault but he continued.”
She also alleged that
her husband had threatened to kill her if she left him.
She
said, “My husband always threatens me; there was a day he brought out a cutlass
telling me that he would cut off my head if I left.
“He
also threatened to pour acid on me so that no man would be attracted to me. Due
to his threat, I can no longer sleep with my two eyes closed.
“I
have not been at peace since l got married; he is quarrelsome and violent.”
The petitioner said
that their marriage had been ridden with fights and quarrels.
She
said, “I am tired of the beating he gives to me and my mother. I have scars all
over my body as a proof of his abuse; I am scared; I don’t want to die.”
She
urged the court to terminate the marriage, saying that she was no longer
interested.
She
said, “Since the inception of our marriage, my husband never paid house rent
nor his children’s school fees.
“Save
me from the cruel hands of my husband; I have suffered so much in silence.”
Jerry,
60, failed to appear in court.
The
Court President, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, directed the court registrar to serve
the respondent summons.
He
adjourned the case till Oct. 11 for mention
-NAN
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