A middle-aged man has pleaded with the Agege Customary Court, Lagos, to dissolve his marriage.
Luqman Agoro, told the court that his wife, Sadiat was stubborn and denied him access to his child. He added that she had been negatively influenced by her mother.
“She does not listen to me; she does anything her mother wants her to do. She does not mind if it’s bad or good and she keeps to herself,” he said.
During the court hearing, Luqman revealed that his mother-in-law once requested for his fingernails. He told the court that his wife didn’t tell him until he was eventually confronted by his mother-in-law.
“She doesn’t listen to me; but she does anything her mother tells her with dispatch,” he said.
He added that his wife left their matrimonial home because he asked her to stop attending the same church with her mother.
However, Sadiat a 27-year-old sales girl denied some of the allegations. She told the court that ever since she gave birth to a baby girl, her husband has treated her unjustly.
“My husband threw me out of my matrimonial home for giving birth to a baby girl.
“He had warned me earlier that if I give birth to a baby girl I would not live under the same roof with him and that he would not be responsible for the child upbringing,” she said.
The court president, Emmanuel Shokunle, granted the custody of the child to the mother, asking the father to be responsible for the upkeep of the child.
He said both of them shall no longer be addressed as husband and wife.
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