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After 13 Years Together, Man Seeks To Divorce Wife Over Food

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One Mr Samuel Akande, 76, has prayed an Iyana-Ipaja Customary Court, to separate his marriage to one Gift, 37.

Naija News understands that the two have been married for over thirteen years but the wife’s recent treatment of her stepdaughter sparked divorce.

It was gathered that Mrs Gift had refused to cook for Mr Akande’s child when she visited them in Ibadan, Oyo State capital.

The complainant who resides in Idimu in Lagos had told the court that he had been married to Gift, 37, for thirteen years.

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He accused her of adultery, alleging she used to deny him sex and that she is being ill-tempered as she frequently fights with him and their tenant.

My wife does not listen to me. She does not stay at home. She frequents churches,” Akanade said.

He added: ”A man came to my house with a witness who told me that he was sleeping with my wife.

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“My wife waved the allegation off when I confronted her.

“The straw that broke the camel’s back was when my daughter paid us a visit from Ibadan, my wife refused to cook for her,” he said.

On her part, Mrs Gift said her stepdaughter did not inform them that she was visiting them.

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Gift attested to the claims of the petitioner that she refused to cook for his daughter.

She said: “What he said about me not cooking for his daughter when she came visiting is true. I was nursing a sick child.

”After the incident, I travelled with my husband’s friend’s to Ibadan and apologised to my step-daughter over the way I treated her,” she said.

A witness to the events who is also the friend of the petitioner, Pastor Vincent Omojeye, told the court that the respondent visited her step-daughter to apologise.

My Lord, what I see here is diversity in culture in the sense that the respondent is not a Yoruba and you know how the Yorubas like to be respected.

“Although I have rebuked her for the way she treated my friend’s daughter when she visited them.

“I pray the court to beg the petitioner to give her a last chance because her children are very young,” Omojeye said.

After listening to both parties, the President of the Court, Mrs P.O. Adeyanju, cautioned the respondent for her unwelcoming attitude towards her step-daughter.

Adeyanju ruled that the case should be stood down and filed in the Alternative Dispute Resolution in the chamber after the petitioner agreed to give his wife one last chance.