A housewife,
Sylvia Ekejelape, 38, on Tuesday pleaded with a Badagry Customary Court to dissolve
her 13-year-old marriage.
Ekejelape
alleged that her husband, Stanley, is in the habit of attacking her with
dangerous weapons each time they fight.
The
businesswoman who resides at No1, Oja Tuntun, Akure, Ondo State, told the court
that she could no longer tolerate his adulterous behavior, adding that there was
no more love in the marriage.
“I met my
husband in 2004 at Alaba International Market, Lagos; he proposed to me and I
agreed.
“We did
introduction; he married and paid my dowry on May 7, 2006.
“But eight
months after our wedding, he started maltreating me like a slave.
“He always
beat me and throw my belongings out of the house in the middle of the night,
telling me to go anywhere I like.
“The reason
for the beating was that my husband is a womanizer and he used to bring them
home without any regard for me and my children.
“Anytime we
are fighting, he used to attack me with deadly weapons like bottle, knife and
iron rod.
“He is a
very dangerous man, who has no respect for me, he has publicly disgraced me on
many occasions, I am through with his womanizing attitude,” she said.
The
respondent, Stanley, however, denied all the allegations against him by her
wife, Sylvia.
NAN reports
that Stanley, an electrical contractor, who lives at No 8, Muriana Street,
Ajangbadi, Lagos, said that he was not against the divorce suit filed by the
wife.
The Court
President, Mr Sakirudeen Adekola, adjourned the case until Nov. 8 for judgment.
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