A businessman, Kehinde Balogun, on Friday, told a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan, Oyo State that he was seeking divorce because his wife, Stella, was dating one of his employees.
The father of three said if he had known she would bring him such embarrassment, he would not have exchanged marital vows with her.
Balogun said: “My lord, I became completely frustrated when I found out that Stella was having extramarital affairs with my plumber and I made her realise this.
“Then, she decided to move out of my house, packing my belongings with her and abandoning our three children.”
During a cross examination, the petitioner said that his wife did not catch him on their matrimonial bed with any woman.
He also denied sending her photographs to anybody.
However, Stella denied any wrongdoing, stating that one of her friends had told lies against her.
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She said: “That friend of mine had told Balogun that I’ve been sleeping around and he consequently began to react to me negatively.
“He turned me into a punching bag and stopped sleeping in the house.
“Later on, Balogun started sending my photographs to his woman-friend.
“My lord, he has remarried with my three children in his care and they are not properly catered for.”
Delivering judgment, the court’s President, S. M. Akintayo, pronounced the marriage dissolved on the grounds that both Balogun and Stella were no longer willing to continue with the union.
Akintayo granted the order restraining Stella from harassing, disturbing, threatening and interfering with Balogun’s private life henceforth.
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