An Ilorin Area Court has dissolved the four-year marriage between one Rukayat Taiwo and her husband, Afeez, over constant battering of the former by her husband. Rukayat, 31, a resident at Agbo-Oba area of Ilorin, had prayed the court to dissolve her marriage, alleging regular beating by Afeez. She told the court that her husband was fond of beating her over every little misunderstanding between them.

“My husband has turned me to his slave with the way he maltreats me whenever we have minor differences,” she said. She cited an instance on February 2 when her husband allegedly inflicted a serious injury on her face, saying she was admitted for two days at Temitope Hospital. “My Lord, I want an end to this marriage because I cannot cope with a man that always beats me for every little thing I do,” she said.

Rukayat said that she was married to Afeez in 2009 and that the union had produced a female child. The defendant, who did not object to the prayer of Rukayat, said; “My wife is too stubborn and that is the reason I always beat her.” He prayed the court to grant her prayer and dissolve the marriage.

The Presiding Judge, Mr Yusuf Abdulkareem, consequently dissolved the marriage. ‘My husband threatens me with charms’ A Customary Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti has dissolved a 10-year marriage between one Emmanuel Ogunjebi and his wife, Bolanle Ogunjebi. The estranged wife, Bolanle (49), had sought divorce over allegations of constant beating, use of charms, public embarrassment at work as well as gross irresponsibility.

Bolanle said that her husband beat her frequently and later told her to pack out of the matrimonial home on a particular night. The mother of two added that since her packing out, her husband had been threaten-ing her life with charms. The court’s President, Mrs Akomolede Olayinka, in her judgment, observed that the marriage between the parties had collapsed and consequently dissolved the marriage.

She ruled that the custody of the children should be awarded to the wife while the husband should be responsible for the payment of half of the children’s school fees. Akomolede also ordered that the husband should pay N3, 500 as monthly allowance on each of the two children.