Ebun Francis with agency report
Mr. Sunday Olaosebikan has appealed to Igando Customary Court, Lagos, presided over by Mr Adegboyega Omilola, to end his seven-year-old marriage to Mutiatu, for allegedly demanding N500 each time he wants sex from her.
According to Sunday, “My wife always refuses me sex until she collects N500.
‘’This, I am sure, is why she has not conceived after the birth of our only child, who is six-year old now.
“I am tired of paying N500 per round before having sex with my wife, please dissolve the union.’’
Sunday equally told the court that his wife, Mutiatu, wants to kill him.
“My wife is after my life, she stabs me with dangerous weapons whenever we have misunderstanding.
“She once stabbed me with a broken bottle on my head and I bled heavily which landed me in the hospital.
He alleged that Mutiatu “used our kitchen knife as pillow’’ with the claim that her pastor instructed her to use it against bad dreams.
“Many a times when I request for sex or during argument, she brings the knife out threatening to stab me.
“She is just aggressive and violent in nature; she may kill me if I continue with the marriage.
“Because of her violent nature, I ran away from the house to avoid untimely death,” he said.
He said that his family evicted his wife from the house for fear of unknown but that she came back begging and was allowed in again.
“I accepted my wife back because I thought she had learnt her lesson, but she refused to change, instead she is getting worse day by day.”
“My wife does not obey my orders; she always tells me that I cannot control her because we are age mate.”
The respondent was not in the court for her defence.
The President of the court, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, therefore, ordered bailiff to serve the respondent, Mutiatu, who was absent in court another summon to appear in court and adjourned the case to Feb. 28.
