A middle-aged man, Mr Emmanuel Olamurin, on Friday, pleaded with at an Akure Customary Court to dissolve his 21 year-old marriage, accusing his wife, one Modupe, of trying to kill him.
A man, Emmanuel Olamurin, a retired civil servant has pleaded with an Akure Customary Court to to dissolve his 21 year-old marriage with his wife named Modupe who he accused of being a threat to his life.
“My wife wanted to kill me by clutching and pulling my manhood,” Olamurin told the court.
He went further to accuse Modupe of frequent theft of his money. According to him, his wife had sold some family properties without his consent. He ended with the claim that the union had run out of love and affection thereby making it empty.
In her response, the respondent denied the allegations and insisted that the marriage contract must remain. She accused him of promiscuity, saying that it was the main reason for his call for dissolution of the marriage.
According to her, she once caught him in bed with one of their neighbours, adding that instead of showing some remorse, he declared that he was at liberty “to do anything”. She stressed that elders had intervened to resolve the issues, but that her husband had always turned deaf ears.
Ruling on the case, Mrs. Modupe Alex-Adedipe, the president of the court, advised the complainant to desist from committing all the atrocities his wife was accusing him of.
She urged him to take proper care of his family, especially their only child, because family peace would ensure a bright future for the boy. The president adjourned the case to Sept. 15 for further hearing.
(NAN)