MY HUSBAND DRINKS TO STUPOR…MY WIFE IS A THIEF, COUPLE TELL COURT

An Ajegunle Customary Court has been told to separate Mrs. Rukayat Jimoh and her husband, Mr. Jimoh. Mrs. Jimoh, a trader and mother of two, Amidat, 4 years, and Abdulahi, 7 months, pleaded with the court to dissolve her marriage alleging that her husband never paid her bride price nor was he taking good care of her and the children.

“He drinks to stupor, often beats me without provocation and does not pay the children’s school fees”, she said.

The petitioner alleged that there was no love lost in the marriage and pleaded with the court to grant her custody of the children.

… My wife is a thief – Husband

Meanwhile, Mrs. Morufat Rabiu, dragged to the court, was accused by her husband, Mr. Oladipupo Rabiu, of always stealing his money and engaging in fight with co-tenants and himself. The respondent, on her part, alleged that her husband was a pathological liar. She said the husband wanted the dissolution of the marriage because he got a new wife and so wanted to send her packing. “I still love my husband”, Morufat confessed to the court.

Meanwhile, the presiding judge, Mrs. V.O. Sanni, advised the couple to make peace, asking the petitioner to forgive his wife and settle things amicably.

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