Woman Call For Divorce Says Husband Threatens Her With Broken Bottle

A Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan has been called on to dissolve the 12-year-old marriage between Adebayo Kanisuru and Sherif.

The wife had claimed in the court on Tuesday that the husband usually threatens her with a broken bottle.

In her petition to the court, the mother of two a resident of Apete area of Ibadan stated that her husband often attacked her with broken bottles whenever there was any dispute.

“Whenever there was any misunderstanding between Sherrif and me at home, the first thing he does is to break a bottle and threaten to stab me.

“My lord, Sherif is such a wicked man no woman should ever marry because he tortures the two children and me with starvation and lack of care.

“As if that is not enough, he comes to my shop to destroy my goods and leave me with nothing.

“Worst still, Sherif has secretly married another wife somewhere and has even abandoned the two children to me.

“The last time he came home, Sherif stole the little I had left on me and when I complained, he unleashed mayhem on me.

“When Sherif was seriously ill, my parents and I spent all we had on him, but he has remained an ingrate.

“He has forcefully taken the children from me and he can’t give them the needed care,” Adedayo said.

The respondent who did not oppose the divorce filed against him and did not deny most of the allegation levelled against him claimed that his wife was wayward.

“Though I accept to part ways with Adedayo, I don’t want the court to give her custody of the children because she is a wayward woman.

“The children might not be well brought up due to the fact that she is busy going to parties.

“In fact, Adedayo leaves home in the morning and returns home by eight in the night.

“I am very happy that she is going because I have long lived under the threat of her waywardness and troublemaking,”

Chief Ademola Odunade, the court’s President, dissolved the union between Adedayo and Sherif, saying there was no more love between them.

The court’s president granted the custody of the two children to Adebayo and ordered Sherrif to pay N10,000 as monthly feeding allowance for the children.

He also directed the respondent to be responsible for the children’s education and other welfare needs.