By Amah
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A Grade A Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital is to decide whether or not to the marriage between a couple.
The husband, simply identified as Saka has approached the court, begging to divorce his marriage, Sadia, alleging that she is a drunkard and always beat him to a pulp.
He also accused her if bedwetting, adding that the misconduct of his wife
has left him frustrated, hence he could no longer cope with living with her.
Saka further claimed to have given Sadia N50, 000 to start a business, but alleged that she wasted it on alcohol.
Furthermore he claimed that whenever he complained about her misconduct, she would lock him up in their room and beat him to a pulp, injuring him in the process.
Saka added that he had reported her to the police on several occasions, adding that having gotten tired of settling their disputes, the police advised him to come to court and seek for divorce.
He described Sadia as a thorn in the flesh, who has messed up his life.
Saka recalled that he had met his wife through her sister and subsequently she moved into his wife, admitting that he had never met her parents.
According to Saka: “My lord, my wife is a thorn in the flesh. She has ridiculed me enough. I want her out of my house and life. I have never met her parents. I only know her sister, which was why I did not pay her bride price. She moved in with me in 2020 and turned my life upside down.
“I gave her N50, 000 to empower her. I sat her down and enlightened her on the different businesses she could go into. I felt I was relating with a reasonable and sensible person, but this was not the case. My wife to my chagrin took to drinking. She could drink a barrel of beer in a day. She spent the N50, 000 I gave her on alcohol.
“Sadia would go out without my consent and return home drunk. Our apartment and our room, especially, are filled with odour. My wife messes up our apartment whenever she’s drunk and also wets the bed. Our mattress stinks because she urinates on the bed. We quarreled over her misbehaviour on a regular basis, but she got worse rather than change.”
However, Sadia told the court she consented to the divorce and accused Saka of not taking care of her.
She claimed that Saka was only giving her N200 per day for feeding and was in the habit of locking his pot of soup in the room whenever he cooked without allowing her to eat from it.
Furthermore, Sadia alleged that Saka was a serial divorcee, adding she was the seventh woman he would divorce.
“My husband is a liar. He is callous and in the habit of sending his wives packing. I am the seventh wife he is throwing out of his house,” Sadia said.
“I have been fending for myself since I started living with him. He gives me a mere N200 per day for food while he stocks his store with foodstuff.”
Mrs S.M Akintayo , the court president, adjourned the case for judgment the after listening to both parties.
