“My husband is too jealous” – Woman seeks dissolution of 18-year marriage
NAN reports that a 40-year-old trader, Ramota Adewale, on Thursday, pleaded with an Agege Customary Court to dissolve her 18-year-old marriage for alleged constant battering by her husband.
Ramota, a mother of two, an indigene of Ogun, resides at No. 12, Babayemi St., Eleere, Agege, a Lagos suburb, described her husband, Tajudeen Adewale, as an “aggressive and irresponsible fellow’’.
“My husband responds quickly to violence; he is always accusing me of adultery; he feels insecure and he always threatens me and calls me a prostitute.
“He suspects my movements every time; whenever l go out, he insults me anyhow, which often leads to misunderstandings between us,” Ramota told the court.
Ramota alleged that her husband once beat her to a pulp after a hot argument, in which she collapsed and was eventually admitted into the hospital.
She urged the court to dissolve the union, saying, “I am no longer interested in the marriage”.
The woman also accused the husband of being irresponsible as a husband and father.
Ramota said that she had been the one paying for the children’s school fees and their welfare.
Tajudeen, a 42-year-old commercial bus driver, denied the allegations.
The husband, who said he no longer trusted his wife, also described her as “a fornicator, who lacks respect’’.
He said his wife wanted the marriage dissolved in order to be frolicking with friends.
He alleged that the wife is an abusive woman with no iota of respect for him.
“She curses and insults me all times.
“Since she moved out of my house, she has refused me access to my children,” he said.
