He
goes after anything in skirt, be it old enough to be his mother or she
is of our child’s age. “I have become a laughing stock, even in the
church. I made all efforts for him to stop this disgraceful act but he
won’t listen.
“He
collects money from me and uses the money to chase other men’s wives. I
am tired. I don’t want the marriage anymore”. These were the
lamentations of Mrs Comfort Oladepo. She spoke in her evidence-in-chief
before an Orile Agege Grade ‘B’ Customary Court which she prayed to end
her twenty five-year-old marriage to her husband, Kayode, who he accused
of adultery, lack of care and drinking habit.
The
44-year-old nurse, who lives at 9, Shodipo Street, Papa Ashafa, Orile
Agege, stunned the court when she said her husband not only refused to
work for 20-years, but he also used her money to chase other men’s
wives.
“My
husband refused to work for 20 years; so I was the one feeding, paying
house rent and clothing the family including my husband”, Comfort
stated.
“He
is so lazy. All he knows how to do is to drink to stupor, knocking
married women’s doors at night and chasing single ladies in the
neighbourhood.
“I established him, but he ruined the business because he was spending all the money on his concubines.
“As if that was not enough, he asked my friends and my young and older siblings out.
“I
have endured for twenty years, I want to stay alone so that I don’t
have a husband. He is useless. I see no reason I am still with him.”
Meanwhile, Kayode, 54, told the court that when he was working, he provided for his wife and children.
“I
may not have money but I am caring. When one of our children was sick, I
was with him for three months in hospital, doing all what his mother
could not do”, the respondent said.
“I protect the family, take care of them while she brings home money.
“I still love my wife and I will always love her, I don’t want the dissolution”.
The court president, Mr Joseph Adewusi, adjourned the case till Feb. 13 for judgment.
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