Barely one year after marriage, a housewife in Kaduna State, Zainab Yunusa, has bolted away from her matrimonial bed and ran back to her parents, complaining of excessive sex demands from her husband, Alhaji Ali Garba.
Besides, Yunusa has also prayed a Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, to dissolve the marriage to his husband over the matter.
She told the court on Wednesday that Garba demands sex even while she is menstruating, adding that he even demanded sex during the period of Ramadan fast.
Yunusa said they lived together only for a year as a couple, adding that she has since returned to her parents over the matter.
She further explained that during their stay together, Garba was in the habit of coming home in the afternoon when she was on her menstrual cycle to demand sex, which she said is against Islamic doctrine.
“During Ramadan fasting, he usually comes back home in the afternoon and demands for sex, and whenever I refuse, he gets angry and always gets offended.
“And when I ask him for food, he usually replies that I should go and meet my boyfriend to feed me. He never trusted me, to the extent that he never allowed anybody including my male or female relatives to visit me,” Yinusa told the court.
The woman said she ran away from her matrimonial home, as she could not satisfy her husband’s appetite for sex.
She, therefore, prayed the court to dissolve the marriage, as she is not ready to succumb to her husband’s unusual sex demands in disobedience to God.
The husband, however, denied the claim, saying that Yunusa had filed several allegations against him in different courts.
Garba told the court through his counsel M.A Sambo, that his mother-in-law went to his house in his absence, packed and sold his properties, before leaving with her daughter.
He, however, said his mother-in-law had promised to return all that they took from his house during a settlement meeting. He listed the items removed to include a set of chairs worth N100,000; television set, two refrigerators, N35,000 worth of plates and other kitchen utensils, 20 yards of leather carpet and mattress worth N15,000.
Garba prayed the court to consider his request for the return of his properties as a precondition for his acceptance of the divorce request.
The Judge, Murtala Nasir, after listening to both parties, ordered Yinusa to come to court with her mother on the next hearing date.
He adjourned the case to September 27, for continuation of hearing.