Anytime He is Drunk, He Must Beat Me - Woman Tells Sad Story

 

A woman identified as Bakare Morili has cried out before the court how her husband, Adedotun, has turned her into a punching bag as a result of his frequent drunkenness. This has resulting in constant fight and lack of rest of mind. She has therefore begged the court to dissolve their marriage.

 

President of the court, Mrs Olayinka Akomolede, held that the marriage had broken down irretrievably and dissolved the marriage.

 

“Since the respondent had repeatedly shunned court proceedings, it is deemed that he had admitted the allegations levelled against him,” she said.

 

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that Akomolede awarded the custody of the two children to the wife and ordered the husband to be responsible for their education.

 

She also ordered that the husband should pay N8,000 as monthly feeding allowance of the children, and granted Adedotun access to see his children.

 

Morili had told the court that her husband was a drunkard.

 

She said there was a day he came back home late and when she demanded to know where he was coming from, it generated a heated controversy.

 

“Since then, he has never stopped drinking to stupor,” she said.

 

The mother of two said that her husband’s drinking habit had made him to see her as a punching bag.

According to her, “anytime he is drunk, he must beat me.”

 

She also accused Adedotun of being stingy and not ready to take up his responsibilities at home.

“He’s always threatening my life; always saying that he will kill me and the children,” she said.

 

Morili said that there was a day he almost poured boiling water on her, and begged the court to dissolve the marriage.