A 76-year-old man identified as Mr Samuel Akande has approached the Iyana Ipaja Customary Court to dissolve his marriage to his 37-year-old wife.
The petitioner stated that they have been married for over 13 years and has hardly enjoyed his marriage.
He approached the court after Gift, his wife maltreated his daughter when she visited them from Ibadan and refused to cook for her.
The complainant who resides in Idimu in Lagos had told the court that he had been married to Gift, 37, for thirteen years.
He accused his wife of adultery, alleging she denies him sex and that she is ill-tempered as she frequently fights with him and their tenant.
”My wife does not listen to me. She does not stay at home. She frequents churches,” Akande said.
He added: ”A man came to my house with a witness who told me that he was sleeping with my wife.
“My wife waved the allegation off when I confronted her.
“The straw that broke the camel’s back was when my daughter paid us a visit from Ibadan, my wife refused to cook for her,” he said.
On her part, Mrs Gift said her stepdaughter did not inform them that she was visiting them.
Gift attested to the claims of the petitioner that she refused to cook for his daughter.
She said: “What he said about me not cooking for his daughter when she came visiting is true. I was nursing a sick child.
”After the incident, I travelled with my husband’s friend’s to Ibadan and apologised to my step-daughter over the way I treated her,” she said.
A witness to the events who is also the friend of the petitioner, Pastor Vincent Omojeye, told the court that the respondent visited her step-daughter to apologise.
“My Lord, what I see here is diversity in culture in the sense that the respondent is not a Yoruba and you know how the Yorubas like to be respected.
“Although I have rebuked her for the way she treated my friend’s daughter when she visited them.
“I pray the court to beg the petitioner to give her a last chance because her children are very young,” Omojeye said.
After listening to both parties, the President of the Court, Mrs P.O. Adeyanju, cautioned the respondent for her unwelcoming attitude towards her step-daughter.
Adeyanju ruled that the case should be stood down and filed in the Alternative Dispute Resolution in the chamber after the petitioner agreed to give his wife one last chance
Read also:
‘My Wife Beats Me, Poisoned My Food Twice’ – Pastor Tells Court
Man Prays Court to Dissolve His Marriage over Food