Admin l Friday, February 10, 2017
IGANDO, Lagos, Nigeria – Wahab Sodiq, a 45 years old man has told an Igando Magistrate court that he found his wife inside her shop cutting a man’s nails.
Sodiq was testifying in a divorce suit filed by his wife to end their 24 year old marriage. His wife, Kudirat(44) had approached the Magistrate Court, seeking divorce on the basis that her husband was beating her and threat to life.
“My husband is always threatening to kill and suffocate me to death with a pillow.I am always afraid to sleep at home and because of the fear, I packed some of my belongings back to my parent’s house.
“My husband called me on phone and threatened to sell my house if I refused to come back to our matrimonial home, ” she said adding that her husband was in the habit of chasing away her customers, accusing her of infidelity.
Justifying the reason for beating his wife, Sodiq alleged that he is sure that his wife is having extramarital affairs.
“I believe my wife is having extra marital affairs. I got to her shop and met her with a man who placed his legs on her table while my wife was cutting his nails. Immediately the man saw me, he quickly removed his legs from her table but I did not say anything and I left immediately.
“Since that day I became bitter because I felt cheated; I have given her Holy Bible and Quoran several times to swear that she was not dating the man but she refused,” he told the court.
He also told the court that he only beat up his wife once since they got married.
“Anytime my wife goes to her shop, she will not come home for days; she prefer sleeping in her shop. She also loves going to parties without my consent and whenever she returns and I queried her she will turn it to a fight.
The husband, however, pleaded with the court not to grant his wife’s request for a dissolution of their marriage, saying “I still love her.’’
