Desecration of Matrimonial Bed, Husband Seeks Divorce

A Customary Court in Igando area of Lagos State has dissolved a seventeen years old marriage between one Mr. Chike and Ms Chioma.

In his judgment, the president of the court, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, said that it was obvious from available testimony and the wife refusal to appear in court shows that the marriage had hit the rocks.

“Both parties are no longer husband and wife, they are free to marry any partner of their choice, without any hindrances and molestation,”

The president, however, ordered the hisband to pay a severance of one hundred and fifty thousand niara to the wife to start a new life.

Earlier during proceedings, Chike had told the court that his ex-wife, Chioma whom he had three children brought her concubine to desecrate their matrimonial bed.

“My children told me that their mother used to bring a man home and both of them usually entered our bedroom and locked the door”

“When I confronted her, she could not give me any reasonable answer.

“She had been denying me sex for over 12 months, but gives it freely to her lover”

He said that Chioma sometime in the past left their matrimonial home to an unknown destination for months without his knowledge and permission.

The petitioner said that his wife was an irresponsible wife and mother.

Chike said his wife was an unrepentant drunk; that she was fond of drinking to stupor and would, afterward, misbehave.

Chike said that his wife, who had failed to appear in court after being summoned, was in the habit of always threatening his life with bottles, knives among other weapons.

He pleaded with the court to end the loveless marriage, adding that he was no longer interested.