He derives pleasure in beating me
and then force me to bed after”, says a housewife, Abosede Balogun. In her
evidence in chief at an Orile Agege Grade ‘B’ Customary Court, Lagos where she
pleaded for the dissolution of her 15-year-old marriage to Jamiu Balogun, she alleged
desertion and frequent beating.
The 32-year-old woman, of 3, Owolewa
Street, Orile-Agege, said her husband behaves like animal, adding that he used
to beat her severely whenever she asked for feeding allowance. ”He also abandoned my children and I,
and came back after one year”, she said.
The mother of three told the court
that Jamiu came back only to take
the children and not to make peace. ”He
promised to take the children away from me, because another woman he married
could not give him children.”I can’t release my children to a tout, a smoker and a womaniser. I don’t want them to
take after their father. I plead with the court to grant me the custody of the
children,” she said
The 40-year-old man, who lives at 3,
Salimotu Street, Orile-Agege, denied the allegations. He said, “I have always loved and cared for my
family, I am a responsible father though I might be troublesome. ”I never
deserted her. I only ran for her trouble for a while. I don’t beat her always,
I only do whenever she curses me”, he said.
Balogun, a driver
with Lagos State Emergency Agency, LASEMA, also told the court that he still
loved his wife and did not support the dissolution because he did not want his
children to suffer.
Meanwhile, the Court President, Mr Joseph Adewusi, told the couple to
maintain the peace and adjourned the case till Jan. 24 for further hearing.
- Vanguard
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