My Wife Is An Adulterer: Man tells court

A 50-year-old mechanic, Gafau Shogaolu, today 1 March, who accused his wife of an adulterous and fetish lifestyle has begged an Iyana-Ipaja Customary Court to dissolve their marriage.

The complainant, who lives at No. 13, Sijuade St., Abesan, Ipaja, Lagos, explained that the reason he wishes to dissolve his 25-year-old marriage to his wife, Maria, saying that he had introduced her to the herbalist initially but she had since been having an affair with him.

He said “I introduced her to the herbalist that took deliveries of the three children she gave birth to after she came back. “Unknown to me, my wife went back and started having an affair with the herbalist,”

Gafau said he once caught his wife when she was about boarding the herbalist’s car. “After my younger brother told me about my wife’s infidelity, I decided to keep a close watch on her. I caught her when she was about to enter the herbalist’s car. “I reported the case at a police station and the herbalist was made to write an undertaken twice, never to call and have a secret affair with her again,”

He also accused his wife of being fetish and has also failed as a mother. “My wife is fetish. There was a time I found a padlock tied with a red cloth in her wardrobe. One of our children also found a small gourd in her wardrobe and brought it to me. My life is no longer save, please separate us,” he begged the court.

Maria, who denied been fetish or adulterous, admitted that the herbalist indeed asked her out.

She said “I am not having an affair with the herbalist, he only asked me out and I rejected his offer. I felt it was not necessary to inform my husband about the issue. “I am not fetish. The small gourd is not mine. I asked Michael, my younger brother, who came to pay me a visit and he said he is the owner of the small gourd,” .

She however, pleaded with the court to help save her marriage and plead with her husband on her behalf. The President of the court, Mr Adekunle Hassan, told the husband to allow her remain in his house while adhering her to ensure she is a good wife and would be held responsible should anything happen to her husband.He adjourned the petition until May 22.