Mr
Sunday Olaosebikan on Wednesday approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos
to end his seven-year-old marriage to his wife, Mutiatu, for allegedly
demanding for money before sex.
He
told the court, “My wife always refuses me sex until she collects N500.
“This,
I am sure, is why she has not conceived after the birth of our only child, who
is six-year old now.
“I
am tired of paying N500 per round before having sex with my wife, please
dissolve the union.
He
further told the court said that Mutiatu always threatens to kill him.
He
said, “My wife is after my life, she stabs me with dangerous weapons whenever
we have misunderstanding.
“She
once stabbed me with a broken bottle on my head and I bled heavily which landed
me in the hospital.
“Mutiatu
used our kitchen knife as pillow, when I queried her; she said her pastor instructed
her to use it against bad dreams.
“Many
a times when I request for sex or during argument, she brings the knife out
threatening to stab me.
“She
is just aggressive and violent in nature; she may kill me if I continue with
the marriage.
“Because
of her violent nature, I ran away from the house to avoid untimely death.”
He
said that his family ejected his wife from his house for fear of unknown but
that she came back begging, adding that he pitied her and accepted her back.
He
said, “I accepted my wife back because I thought she had learnt her lesson, but
she refused to change, instead she is getting worse day by day.”
The
petitioner also said that his wife failed to respect him.
“My
wife does not obey my orders; she always tells me that I cannot control her
because we are age mate.”
He
said that because of his wife’s bad behaviour, she could not get a steady job.
“Employers
always sack her when she exhibited her character.’’
Olaorebikan
begged the court to terminate the marriage.
The
respondent was not in the court for her defence.
The
President of the court, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, therefore, ordered bailiff to
serve her another summon to appear in court and adjourned the case to Feb. 28
for further hearing.
-NAN
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