A clergy man, Joel Bamimore, appeared on Tuesday, before a customary court sitting at Mapo in Ibadan, seeking to dissolve his marriage of 19 years to his wife seyi, on grounds that she is having an affair with another man.
It was learnt that Joel filed a divorce suit, on September 19, 2019, following his wife’s extramarital affair with another man.
In the court hearing, the petitioner told the court that he was afraid of contracting Sexually Transmitted Diseases, STD, from his wife.
The President of the court, Chief Ademola Odunade, however, told Joel that he should first take his wife to the hospital for treatment due to the injuries he inflicted on her when he beat her up.
Chief Odunade also advised the couples’ family members to settle the matter between both of them, however, when hearing resumed, the petitioner told the court’s President that reconciliation couldn’t be achieved.
The clergyman told the court that his wife had not changed from her wild and care free life.
He said, “My Lord, I took Seyi to the hospital as you directed, but while there, the Doctor told me in her presence she was discharging blood from her private parts because she had contracted an STD.”
“I can’t continue to be living under the same roof with an adulterous wife, my life is not safe”.
In the presence of her husband, Seyi, denied all allegations leveled against her.
“I am jobless because my husband has taken away all my means of sustenance.”
“After taking me to hospital, he suddenly began to accuse me of having an STD.”
“He is lying. No physician told me I had an STD. My husband is a pathological liar.”
“The man he accused me of having an affair with is someone who has helped us. He gives us money and food when we had nothing to eat, especially due to my husband’s condition.”
In his ruling, the court President, Chief Odunade, on behalf of the panel of judges, dissolved the marriage in the interest of peace.
He granted custody of the three children to the respondent and ordered the plaintiff to pay N15,000 as their monthly feeding allowance.
