My wife is promiscuous, husband tells court

A senior civil servant in the employment of the  Ondo State Government, has approached an Akure Customary Court, sitting at Oke-Eda,Akure, for dissolution of his 17-year-old marriage with his wife, alleging she was promiscuous.

 

The husband, Chief Adedayo Ojo,said he was sick and tired of the marriage. The wife, Mrs Ebunoluwa, said Ojo was an irresponsible husband, stressing that he neither cared for his children nor performed his role as husband in the house.
Ojo told the court that he had on several occasions, caught his wife with different men in his matrimonial home.
The man further said that his wife was in the habit of keeping late nights without minding her status as a married woman and a mother.

Ojo added: “My wife lacks courtesy and respect. My wife instigated and brainwashed our three children against me. I can no longer exercise control over my home.”
Ebunoluwa said that she regretted marrying Ojo, who told her that he had two wives before he married her, only for her to later discover that he had eight wives.
That she relies solely on her uncle and other relatives for survival. She told the court that all the men her husband alleged were her concubines, were labourers she used to work with.

The President of the court, Mrs Olayinka Falodun, ruling on the case, admonished the complainant to perform his expected responsibilities, especially towards his children.

Falodun urged the defendant to give due respect to her husband for peace to reign at home.

She further ruled that both parties should bring each two of their relatives to court in the next day of adjournment.

She added that the petitioner should pay N2, 000.00 to the court for upkeep of their three children starting from today, together with their school fees. Falodun, adjourned the case till Nov. 4 for continuation.