A 25-year-old marriage, today, kissed the dust as the Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos dissolved it following the complain by the husband, one Olufade Adekoya that the wife, Olusola, used to prepare his meals late.
The 57-year old husband had told the court that his wife was not cooking for him regularly and whenever she decided to do so, the food used to come late.
“My wife had failed in her matrimonial obligations; she doesn’t prepare my food on time. I have warned her several times but she wouldn’t listen to me. Most times, I go to the canteen to eat when I am hungry. There is no point in harbouring a wife that makes me hungry.
“In fact, my sister saw me there one of these days, I am totally fed up. Please separate us. I am no more interested in the marriage.’’
However, the 45-year-old respondent denied all the allegations and accused her husband of wanting to take another wife.
“He is accusing me wrongly because he wants to take another wife, please help me beg him.”
However, the President of the court, Olu Adebiyi said that there was no longer any love in the marriage, saying that the court had tried several times to reconcile their indifferences but all efforts proved abortive.
“Therefore, you have ceased to be husband and wife, henceforth. I put an end to the union between both of you from today in the interest of peace,” he said. [myad]
