Judiciary
AFTER unsuccessful interventions to save 11-year-old marriage, an Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Tuesday dissolved the union of Mrs Adeola Olalere and her husband, Amidu over constant battery.
In his judgment, the Court President, Mr Akin Akinniyi, said that the petitioner was adamant in seeking divorce in spite of mediation from the court and the family intervention.
“Since the petitioner insisted on divorce after several interventions, the court has no choice than to dissolve the union in spite of the fact that the husband still claims he loves his wife.
“The court pronounced the marriage between Mrs Adeola Olalere and Mr Amidu dissolved today; both parties henceforth ceased to be husband and wife.
“Both are free to go their separate ways without any hindrance and molestation,” Akinniyi said.
The petitioner, Adeola, had told the court that her marriage of 11 years to Amidu Olalere, had been full of bitterness from constant beating.
“I have fainted seven times during frequent beatings by my husband and I was sometimes hospitalised and regained consciousness two or three days after.
“Recently, he beat me to the point that I fainted and I was hospitalised for four days.
“When I was on admission, none of his family members came to see me since we all live in a family house and my husband also refused to pay the bills.
“There was a day he dragged me outside, stripped me naked and descended on me, using me as a punching bag and did not stop until he saw blood coming out of my body.
“He is so rough, quarrelsome and violent in nature,” she said.
The mother of four said that her husband drinks to stupor and smokes hemp, after which he usually lost control.
“Whenever he brings his friends home to smoke and I complain, he will beat hell out of me and will not leave me until I fainted,” she said.
Adeola, 39, also a trader alleged that her husband usually “collects money from me to give to his friends to buy hemp. If I refuse to give him, it is always war in the house’’.
She begged the court to terminate the marriage on the ground that she was no longer interested, adding that her husband might kill her one day.
“Please end this loveless marriage. I may not be lucky to regain consciousness next time my husband beats me to pulp,” she urged the court.
However, the husband, Amidu, did not deny the allegation of battery.
“I beat her regularly because she is very stubborn and does not obey my orders.
“Anytime we have misunderstanding and I slap her, she retaliates and that makes me to get angry the more,” he said.
The embattled husband accused his wife of starving him of sex.
“Whenever I reported her to her mother, she would ask me not to kill her daughter with sex, instead of admonishing her,” he said.
The respondent said that his wife was found of going out without telling him her movement.
According to him, I am the one cooking and washing our children’s school uniforms.
“My wife moved out from home with the children in January, 2017 to stay with her mother and that whenever I called, her mother will rain curses on me.
“There was a day my mother-in-law cursed me; I also cursed her that thunder will kill her,” he said.
Amidu, however, pleaded with the court not to dissolve the marriage, saying in spite of her shortcomings, he still loves her. – NAN
– Jan. 16, 2015 @ 14:43 GMT
Tags: Amidu Court dissolves 11-year-old marriage over husband’s constant battery Igando Customary Court Mr Akin Akinniyi Mrs Adeola Olalere
