Husband threatens to pour wife acid, as wife seeks divorce in court
Thompson Nsisongabasi
Jan 22, 2020
AFNews gathered that, a mother of two, Kafayat Olawoyin, on Wednesday prayed a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her 14-year-old marriage to husband, Kazeem, on grounds of constant fight, violence and threat to life.
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Olawoyin, a palmwine seller, who resides in Odo-Oba area of Ibadan, told the court that her husband was troublesome and a wife-beater.
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"He comes to my shop to harass and to insult me in front of my customers.
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"He beat me up on one occasion and told my neighbours to call my parents to come and pick my corpse.
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"I spent seven months in my parents' house due to the wounds I sustained from the metal he used to hit me.
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"He later came to my parent's house to beg me to return to him after the seventh month.
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"Honestly, I am tired of being threatened with acid bath. It is sad to see that all my efforts to make our marriage work have failed.
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"The summary of his person is that he is stubborn and capable of doing anything,ÔÇØ she said.
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She ended her prayer by asking for the custody of their two children.
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Kazeem, who did not object to the divorce, however, denied all the allegations levelled against him.
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He claimed his wife was promiscuous.
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ÔÇØShe comes home late at night. I beat her because of that. In any case, I want my children to be in my custody, and I will be carrying out my responsibilities on them,ÔÇØ he said.
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After listening to both parties, the President of the court, Chief Ademola Odunade, said the respondent truly looked like a ÔÇØmurdererÔÇØ.
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The arbitrator, therefore, served him a seven-day community service for behaving unruly in court.
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"You need to be taught a lesson until you come back to your senses for the wayward manner you conducted yourself before me,ÔÇØ he said.
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He, thereafter, dissolved the marriage and ordered the custody of the children with the petitioner.
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"You are to pay N10,000 monthly as the children's feeding allowance and be ready to attend to their other welfare needs as they arise,ÔÇØ he said.
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The president then ordered the police to go with Kafayat to the respondent's house to pack her remaining belongings.
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— Thompson Nsisongabasi