* I will change, husband promises
A 44- year-old housewife, Oluwatoyin Falade, on Wednesday, prayed an Orile Agege Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve her 11-year-old marriage on grounds of infidelity by her husband, Segun.
The petitioner, who lives at number 23, Tunde Davids Close, Agege, Lagos, has two children aged eight and 11 years for Segun.
“My husband is a flirt, he runs after anything in a skirt.
”I had two girls before I married him and those girls are 15 and 18 years old now. They stay with me and I don’t trust my husband because he chases everything in skirt.
“My husband changes women anyhow and he doesn’t respect me. If the court doesn’t dissolve the union, I will run away with my children,” she said, tearfully.
Oluwatoyin said that people mock her in the neighbourhood because of her husband’s infidelity.
“ I am fed up, Segun cannot change, chasing after women and ladies has become a way of life for him,” she said.
She alleged that he doesn’t take care of her and the children.
In his response, Segun, 46, a Lagos State Judiciary worker, admitted to infidelity.
“I will not lie, I bring in different women to the house but I am ready to change. I have been begging her to please forgive me,” he said.
He said he takes care of the children and his wife.
“My Lord, you can see that my wife is robust and fresh. It is obvious that she is not suffering.
“I bought her a phone recently and I pay the children’s school fees,” he said.
Segun said that he is not ready for the dissolution and promised to make things right if given another chance.
The Court’s President, Mr. Adewale Adegoke, told both parties to be at peace with each other.
Adegoke adjourned the case to May 30 for an alternative dispute resolution mechanism.