An Ibadan-based fashion designer, Opeyemi Bakare, today told a Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan that her husband of 13 years, Olawale, pushed her to commit adultery with his nagging.
Testifying, Opeyemi, who resides in Olunde area in Ibadan, also told the court that Olawale beats her.
βI confess that I flirt with different men. At first, whenever men ask for my number, I give them my husbandβs mobile phone number so that they will not approach me again.
βHowever, when Olawaleβs attitude became aggressive, I had to look for another man who could take good care of me and who would not expose me to hunger and thirst.
βWhen he got to know that I was dating another man, Olawale poured petrol on me with the intention to burn me alive but he couldnβt lay his hands on matches at that time, maybe I would have been dead by now.
βBesides, he doesnβt respect my mother,β Opeyemi alleged.
Responding, the defendant however, denied all the allegations. He objected to the divorce suit.
βShe also nags and insults me, using unprintable names. I also informed her parents about her waywardness.
βI make sure that I provide for her and my three children. For the sake of the children, please donβt separate us,β Olawale pleaded.
After the testimonies, Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of the court, dissolved the marriage citing threat to life as the reason.
He awarded custody of the three children to the petitioner and ordered the defendant to pay N15,000 as monthly feeding allowance for the children in addition to being responsible for their education and other welfare.
(NAN)
