…As man complains of excessive beating by wife, children
A businessman – Abideen Adebayo – on Tuesday, urged an Ile-Tuntun Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, to dissolve the 27-year-old marriage between him and his wife, Sherifat.
He told the court that Sherifat and two of their four children were in the habit of bettering him, hence his request for divorce.
The petitioner also told the court that his estranged wife was fond of going to his office to cause trouble.
Adebayo tendered a video recording of his last December bashing at the court.
In her defence, Sherifat, who did not deny allegations leveled against her, consented to the suit, but told the court that Adebayo did not care about her and their children.
“Adebayo has played no role in the education of our four children as I had to borrow money to send them to school.
“Moreover, he destroyed my four sewing machines.
“Adebayo was the first to attack me when I arrived at his home on December 25, 2020 by tearing my clothes,” she stated.
The first child of the family corroborated Sherifat’s submission, and said her father refused to show any interest in her education because she refused to wash her step-mother’s underwear.
“My father told me that if I refuse to wash his second wife’s underwear, he would not pay my school fees,” she said.
Delivering judgment, the President of the Court, Henry Agbaje, condemned the battering of a father by his children, and warned the children and their mother to refrain from such disrespectful act.
Agbaje subsequently dissolved the union and directed the four children to stay with whoever pleased them as they are all grownups.
He, however, ordered Adebayo to continue to be responsible for their education and other welfare.
-NAN