‘My wife is promiscuous, wore seductive dress to office on Valentine’s Day’

A thirty-five-year-old man, Badmus Fatai, has prayed an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court to dissolve his six-year-old marriage to his wife, Sade, for alleged adultery, lack of care for the children and lack of respect for in-laws.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Fatai told the court that the respondent was fond of coming home late from work.

The petitioner, an artisan, said the respondent would leave home in the morning without preparing food for him and the children.

The father of two further told the court that the respondent was dating an Ebira man who was a motorcyclist.

Fatai explained that when he caught them, he did not confront her but showed his displeasure through his attitude to her in the home.

The petitioner said that the respondent never acknowledged him as her husband and was fond of receiving calls from men while sleeping on the same bed with him.

Fatai alleged that the respondent did not allow him to have sexual intercourse with her for months and would travel for days without his permission.

“Whenever my wife travels without my permission, I am always responsible for the feeding and welfare of the children.

“On Valentine’s Day, my wife left the house at exactly 8:00 a.m without my consent and came back around 11:00 p.m wearing provocative clothes.

“I can no longer tolerate such habit from her in my house,” he said.

The petitioner appealed to the court to dissolve his marriage to the respondent in order that he may live a peaceful life.

Witness of the petitioner, his father, Alhaji Rahmon Badmus, told the court that the respondent was responsible for the problem his son was going through.

Badmus said whenever there was a misunderstanding between his son and his wife, he would send for both to come but the respondent would never honour his calls.

He told the court that the respondent was fond of coming home at midnight, and he had appealed to her to desist from such wayward lifestyle but she had refused.

Badmus agreed to his son’s decision for divorce so that his son can have peace.

The petitioner’s second witness, his mother, Mariam, told the court that the attitude of the respondent was not good and contradicted Islamic doctrine.

Mariam said the respondent was fond of wearing indecent clothes that reveal sensitive parts of her body. She added that she had preached to her on several occasions but she refused to change.

The mother of the petitioner also appealed to the court to dissolve their marriage.

The court president, Mrs Olayinka Akomolede, after hearing from the petitioner and his witnesses, adjourned the case till March 22 for further hearing.

Akomolede ruled that the respondent should come to the court with her witness on the adjourned date.

She urged both parties to maintain peace until the court gives its judgment.