Adebote Adedoyin, a naval officer, has asked for
the dissolution of his marriage
– Adedoyin pleaded before a customary court in
Lagos, asking that his 37-year-old marriage be
annulled
– The naval officer said the call was made because
of his wife’s gross infidelity
Adebote Adedoyin who has been worried by his
wife’s adulterous acts, has pleaded with an Agege
customary court in Lagos to dissolve his 37-year-old
marriage.
A customary court in Lagos has been asked to annul
a 37-year-old marriage due to fidelity.
Adedoyin, 54, a naval officer who resides at the Air
Force Base, Ikeja, Lagos, told the court that his wife,
Yemisi, was having extra marital affairs with several
men.
He also claimed that his wife was not submissive,
adding that there was no more love in the marriage.
“The trouble is too much; when l went on transfer for
about 11 years to Kaduna, Benin, Calabar and Ibadan,
she did not for once visit me.
“When I travelled to Liberia on official duty, I sent
huge amount of money to my wife for a house
project.
“Yemisi diverted all the money to her personal use
and lied to me that she had opened an account and
saved it on my behalf,” he said.
The petitioner alleged that on his return from Liberia,
he realised she had diverted the money to buying
and selling from Benin Republic without his
knowledge.
“l went to Idiroko Border to make some
investigations and I realised my wife claimed she did
not have a husband,” Adedoyin said.
He claimed that his wife had been going to parties
and frolicking with different men.
“I can no longer love such an adulterous woman,” he
told the court.
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He also claimed that the wife had turned their five
children against him.
“The children do not have respect for me anymore;
they have stopped greeting and talking to me after all
I did for them.
“I am asking for a divorce because this marriage has
already broken down; all we have now is lack of love
and threat to life.”
Yemisi, 53, denied sleeping with any man apart from
her husband.
She also denied all the allegations against her,
urging the court not to dissolve the marriage.
“All the claims of my husband are not true; I have
never been abusive, even as he often beats me, I still
endure the marriage for the sake of my children.
“My husband does not respect me as a wife; he
claims that l am an illiterate and that he had married
an educated woman,” she said.
He started victimising me at home and stopped
loving me and the children since he brought another
woman into the house.
The court’s President, Mr Philip Williams, appealed
for reconciliation between the couple for the sake of
the children.
“The court does not encourage divorce, we are here
to make peace where possible.
“The woman should be submissive if she cherishes
her marriage,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the
couple were later invited into the president’s
chamber for alternative dispute resolution.
The case was adjourned to Tuesday, August 30, for a
possible reconciliation of the estranged couple.
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