A mother of 10, Mrs Tolu Osho, has lost her 48-year-old marriage for allegedly denying her husband sex.
An Igando Customary Court in Lagos, Lagos State, granted the request of her estranged husband, Mojidi, to dissolve the union.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the court president, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, said that since the petitioner insisted on divorce after several interventions, the court was left with no option other than to grant him his prayer and pronounce their union dissolved.
“The court hereby pronounces the marriage between Mr Mojidi Osho and Mrs Tolu Osho dissolved today.
“Both of you henceforth cease to be husband and wife.
“Both of you should go your separate ways unmolested. The court wishes both of you well in your future endeavours, ”Koledoye stated.
Koledoye ordered the petitioner to pay N250,000 to his wife as severance fee and also pay another N250,000 for her to get a new accommodation.
The petitioner, a 72-year-old mechanic, Mr Mojidi Osho, had earlier told the court to nullify his marriage because his wife was denying him his conjugal right.
“The last time my wife allowed me to sleep with her was 10 years ago.
“She consistently starved me of sex, but whenever I come home with my girlfriends, she will chase them away,” Mojidi said.
The septuagenarian also accused his wife of threatening to kill him so that she can inherit his property.
“My wife wanted to kill me. She has been feeding me with poison.
“There was a day I fainted and was rushed to the hospital and it was detected that I ate poison.
“I thought I will not survive it, but God saved me and I stopped eating her food, ”he said.
The embattled man said his wife was a witch who kept attacking him in the spiritual realm.
“On two occasions, she shot arrows at me in my sleep which led to my falling sick, but God healed me.
“She also buried charms in my workshop which stopped customers from patronising me.
“My wife made me impotent, but I was healed after spending huge amount on hospital and herbal treatment,” he claimed.
“Tolu makes my life miserable. I would have gone far in life if I have not married her.
“I regret the day I met her and I wish I can turn back the hand of the clock, ”Modiji said.
According to him, Tolu stopped washing his clothes 27 years ago.
“He, therefore, begged the court to end their marriage to save him from committing murder.
Responding to the allegations, the 68-year-old trader, Tolu, said that she denied her husband sex for only four years not 10 years as he claimed.
“I stopped him from making love to me four years ago when he started bringing different girls home to sleep with, after which he would want to sleep with me,” she stated.
The mother of 10 children denied threatening her husband’s life, or attempting to kill him through poisoning.
“I did not poison my husband’s food since we got married in 1973. Is it now that I will poison him?, ”she asked.
“He is just looking for excuses to do away with me.
“He came to this court to divorce his second wife. He also wants to divorce me so that he can marry a new wife, ”Tolu said.
According to the respondent, the petitioner is fond of raining curses on their children and this according to her is affecting their lives.
The respondent begged the court not to grant her husband’s wish for the dissolution of their marriage, saying she still loved him.
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