A 39-year old wife, Fadekemi Adeleye, on Monday told a
Customary Court sitting in Aiyedun-Ekiti, in Ikole Local Government Area that
she regretted divorcing her first husband.
Fadekemi lamented that the beating from her present husband,
Adeleye Ojo, was worse than that from her former husband.
The estranged wife, who said her husband (the defendant)
would flare-up at the slightest provocation, prayed the court to dissolve her
three-year-old marriage.
“I regretted that I took money from my present husband to
file a divorce against my former husband.
“I have become a laughing stock in the area we live because
of the beating and public disagrace.
“People in our area now call me “Titilayo” meaning “There is
joy in beating.”
“My incumbent husband disgraces me in public, accusing me of
having extra-marital affairs,” the woman said.
The woman also prayed the court for custody of the only
daughter, Precious Adeleye, produced by the union and an order of the court for
the release of her property in the man’s house.
The husband, with Adeleye Ojo, in his defense denied
allegation of constant fighting between him and his wife as well as not caring
for the family as claimed by the wife.
He said that he was not interested in any divorce as he did
not want his daughter to suffer despite his wife’s insisting that she was no
longer interested in the union.
The court presided over by the tree-man panel reminded
Fadekemi of it's earlier plea to her that she should allow for a peaceful and
an amicable settlement between her and her former husband.
It reminded her that she answered that she was blindbylove
then for her new husband.
The court’s president, Mrs Yemisi Ojo, adjourned the case,
for continuation of hearing.
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