Mr Ademola Odunade, the President of Mapo Customary Court in
Ibadan Oyo State on Tuesday dissolved a 10-year-old marriage between one
Adenike Tirimisiyu and her husband, Rashid Tirimisiyu, over his unfaithfulness
and irresponsibility.
Odunade said he dissolved the union so that there could be
peace between the estranged couple.
“There is no need continuing with a relationship
characterized by unhappiness and dissatisfaction.
“You are both free to go your separate ways,” Odunade said.
The petitioner, Adenike, had, earlier, told the court that
her husband had been unfaithful, insincere and acts irresponsibly toward her.
“For a number of years now, Rashid has not given me rest of
mind through his insincerity and trouble making every now and then.
“I have caught him many times with different women thus
being unfaithful to me and to our union.
“My lord, it is like he is capitalizing on the fact that I
have not been able to conceive since we got married.
“Worst still, Rashid has not lived up to his responsibility
of caring for me as I live in abject poverty,” the trader said.
The respondent, Rashid, a commercial driver, who did not
deny his wife’s accusations, told the court that he was in agreement with the
divorce.
Rashid, however, said his wife had equally been unfaithful
to him.
“My lord, Adenike comes home very late at night and I have
reported the matter to her relatives several times; still she refused to
change.
“In fact, Adenike was rough-handled and robbed one night and
she failed to inform me. I heard about it from a neighbor.
“I am equally no more interested in continuing with her,” he
said.
No comments:
Post a Comment