My Wife Treats My Parents, Siblings Like Destitute - Man Reveals as Courts Dissolves 13-year-old Marriage

 

A 40-year-old carpenter identified as Olanrewaju Olowu, on Thursday, approached an Ijebu-Ode Customary Court in Ogun seeking for the dissolution of 13-year-old marriage with his wife, Oluwatoyin, over battery and negligence of responsibility.

 

The man who is a resident of  53 Mobalufon Street, Ijebu-Ode, had accused his wife of  neglecting her matrimonial duties  and being a trouble maker, and also complained about his wife’s ill-temper, saying she was “in  the habit of treating my parents and siblings like destitute anytime they are on a visit to our home.’’

 

The 35-year-old wife, Oluwatoyin, however,  accused her husband of  battery, threat  to her life and lack of care for her and the three children.

 

She said; “My husband’s parents regularly threaten me with fetish substances to quit the union with their son, alleging that I married him diabolically. I have hardly enjoyed the marriage since we got married;  even the children  complain about our union,” she said.

 

She also pleaded with the court to dissolve the union and grant her the custody of the children.

 

In his ruling, the President of the Court, Mr T.O. Ogunlami, said that the marriage consummated without payment of dowry had broken down irretrievably.

 

“A monthly upkeep for the care of the children must be provided for by the petitioner and must not be  lower than N15, 000 while their training should be both parties’ duties,” Ogunlami said.

 

Ogunlami, who  also ordered the respondent to move her belongings out of the petitioner’s house within 72 hours, warned   both parties to refrain from harassing each other.