My wife is dating our CDA chairman, but I still love her,'' husband tells court
(Nigeria) "My wife is dating our Community Development Association, CDA,
Chairman, but I still love her,’’ a security guard, Mr Ibrahim Hambolu, 40, on
Thursday told an Igando Customary Court, Lagos.
Ibrahim, the respondent in a divorce suit filed by Modinat,
his wife of 15 years, alleged that the CDA chairman also regularly visited
their home to take his meals.
``My wife is dating
our CDA chairman; she cooks for him and the man comes to our house to take his
breakfast, lunch and dinner, while my wife denies me food.
``My wife later packed out on March 20 without my consent to
an unknown destination.
``I believe our chairman has rented an apartment for her and
now she wants to divorce me,’’ the security guard said.
However, Ibrahim, who broke down in tears, pleaded with the
court not to dissolve the union as he still loved Modinat.
``After she packed out, I have plead with her on phone to
come back but she refused," he said.
Modinat, 36, a trader, told the court that she was fed up with
the union and wanted divorce.
The petitioner, a mother of three, said that she filed the
divorce suit on the grounds of alleged battery and threat to her business.
Modinat alleged that Ibrahim started beating her in the
first year of their marriage.
``Ibrahim is a hot tempered person; he gets angry at the
slightest provocation," she said, adding that, ``even when I am pregnant
he beats me’’.
She said that her husband had on several occasion destroyed
goods in her shop over allegation of infidelity or anytime they had a
misunderstanding.
The petitioner described Ibrahim as an ingrate, who did not
appreciate the sacrifices she made to the union.
Modinat alleged that she borrowed money from her cooperative
society to buy a motorcycle for him.
``I bought a motorcycle (Okada) for my husband to use for
commercial purposes but he stays at home and does not work.
``He later sold the motorcycle without my consent and I do
not know what he used the money for," the estranged wife said.
The petitioner said that her man never gave her housekeeping
money and claimed that in his village husbands do not give their wives money.
She said that anytime she reported Ibrahim to his family,
they would tell her that ``they cannot intervene in the matter because her
marriage was not properly contracted in the native way’’.
Modinat urged the court to dissolve the union as she was no
longer in love and can no longer cope with husband’s battery and maltreatment.
The court president, Mr R.I Adeyeri, adjourned the case to
October 3 for further hearing.
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