Although court rooms are filled with despicable deeds and sleazy acts, certain cases no doubt serve as a comic relief to some regular court room audience.
Such was the case when one Mr. Musibau Awinle and his 27-year-old wife, Mrs. Morufat Awinle stormed an lgando Customary Court sitting in Lagos. Musibau had informed the court that he had never enjoyed his 11 years old marriage to Morufat.
According to him, the wife denies him sex often. ” Though l was the one that stopped her from having more children, it pained me whenever she denied me of sex”, he said.
The petitioner added that despite the fact that they had lived together as husband and wife for over a decade, his wife did not give him peace of mind and the respect that he duly deserved.
He alleged that his wife also destroys his hard-earned property at will and often disrespect members of his family .
Musibau urged the court to dissolve the marriage and grant him custody of the children.
The shameful family episode, took another dimension when Morufat was asked by the juror to give her own account of the story. The mother of three lamented that after her husband stopped her from having more children, he insisted on having sex with her everyday.
She also informed the court that whenever she refused him on bed, he would beat the hell out of her.
Morufat claimed that her husband does not care for her and their children, adding that this has forced her to relocate to her parents home. ”It was my mother that has been responsible for the payment of the children’s school fees and other things”, she said.
In an emotion laden voice, adding that her husband sent their first born to his elder brother to avoid being responsibility for his growth, saying the brother could not take care of the child alongside his own children. However, she pleaded that the court should not dissolve the marriage, because she still in love with her husband.
After listening to both parties, the court president, Mr. Tajudeen Adewale, adjourned the case for further hearing.
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