One Mrs. Rukayat Jimoh and her husband, Mr. Jimoh played some funny drama today at an Ajegunle Customary Court when the wife requested the court to dissolve the marriage on the ground that he is a habitual drunkard, even as the husband responded that the wife is a thief.
Mrs. Jimoh, a trader and mother of two – Amidat, 4 years, and Abdulahi, 7 months – pleaded with the court to dissolve the marriage based also on the allegation that her husband never paid her bride price nor was he taking good care of her and the children.
“He drinks to stupor, often beats me without provocation and does not pay the children’s school fees,” she narrated.
The petitioner alleged that there was no love lost in the marriage and pleaded with the court to grant her custody of the children.
This was even as the husband accused the wife of always stealing his money and engaging in fight with co-tenants and himself.
The presiding judge, Mrs. V.O. Sanni, advised the couple to make peace, asking the petitioner to forgive his wife and settle things amicably. [myad]
