An Igando Customary Court sitting in Igando Local Council Development Area of Lagos State on Thursday dissolved the marriage between Olaide Oguntade and Ebunoluwa Oguntade.
In a ruling by its president, Koledoye Adeniyi, the court ruled that both parties should go their separate ways.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the petitioner, Olaide Oguntade, a surveyor, who lives at No. 10, Oyefuga St., Abaranje, had approached the court to separate the union between him and his wife, Ebunoluwa Oguntade.
Olaide alleged that Ebunoluwa was being disrespectful, constituting a nuisance, abusing him and his first wife, practising infidelity, displaying public embarrassment and having no more love for him.
He told the court that he had had to move to five houses because her constituting a nuisance in the community and was always embarrassing him in the public.
“If she was angry, she would not look at the face of anyone. She would say all sorts of unpalatable things; she would assume that it was my friends that were instigating me against her and would start cursing everybody,” he said.
He said that he was tired of the marriage and that the court should grant them a divorce.
He added that if he should change his mind to forgive her and still wanted to marry her, it would mean he was signing his death warrant; hence the court should dissolve the union.
Ebunoluwa, a trader, however, said that Olaide’s claims were untrue.
She claimed that Olaide was, instead, dating a married woman, who always frequented her shop to cause a scene.
She said they frequently moved houses, not because of her attitude; but for better space, threats to her life, and gang-up against her.
Ebunoluwa explained that she often introduced herself to people as Olaide’s wife, because she had no reason to hide her identity; since it was a thing to be proud for her and the only woman in his life.
She had prayed the court not to dissolve her marriage pleading that she met her husband when she was 20-year-old and he cannot now drop her as she was yet to enjoy her marriage.
The respondent also said that she could not train the child they had together alone because she would need a father figure in her life.
The court, however, ruled that from the totality of the petitioner’s evidence, the court finds that the respondent was very hot tempered, which prevented her from being submissive to her husband on many occasions.
The court ruled that this had contributed immensely for break-down of the marriage.
“The court, hereby, pronounces that the marriage between you both is dissolved.
“The court finds out that the petitioner, Olaide, does not like publicity about his marriage to the respondent by virtue of his position in the church and the respondent is not ready to put herself behind the scene in their marriage.
“The court felt that the petitioner should have considered the age differences between him and the respondent before going ahead to marry her and knowing that she is not the type that likes to operate behind the scene.
“It is unfortunate that the petitioner has to throw out the respondent like a chewing gum after its sweetness had been exhausted,” Adeniyi said.
The court dissolved the union saying that a bird cannot fly with one wing and since the petitioner was decisive on going ahead with the divorce proceedings.
The court ordered the petitioner to pay the respondent N400,000 as severance allowance, N350,000 for accommodation and N15,000 monthly for the child’s upkeep.
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