An Ikorodu Customary Court in Lagos
State on Thursday dissolved a four-year-
old marriage between Sidikat Oseni and
her husband, Waheed Oseni, over
maltreatment and lack of trust.
The 28-year-old petitioner and mother of
two resides at Ajose Road in Agric Area of
Ikorodu.
Sidikat had earlier told the court that her
husband was in the habit of subjecting her
to vaginal test whenever she returned
home late.
The President of the court, Mr Olu Adebiyi,
who dissolved the marriage, held that all
efforts made by the court to reconcile the
couple failed as both insisted on divorce.
Adebiyi ordered that the respondent should
be allowed free access to his children at
any reasonable time of the day and in a
peaceful manner.
The court president also held that the
children would be living with the
petitioner, saying she was in a better
position to nurture them as it were.
He ordered the respondent to be paying
N10,000 monthly for their feeding and
settled their school bills.
The housewife had urged the court to
dissolve her marriage to her husband ,
citing lack of trust and beatings at the
slightest provocation.
“Anytime I come back home late, my
husband accuses me of infidelity, he beats
me and tears my cloth , it is our
neighbours that usually cover my
unclothedness.
“He also inspects my private part, he
usually asks me to open my vagina to see if
I have gone to sleep with other men.
“I have reported him to his family but he
refused to desist from this maltreatment,
for this reasons I don’t want to continue
with the marriage again,’’ Sidikat said.
However, the 50-year-old husband and a
businessman did not object to his wife’s
claims but begged the court to grant him
the custody of his children.
” My wife is disrespectful, she does not
listen to my words, she also comes home
late and was preparing my meals late. I am
fed up with the marriage too, separate us ,’’
he told the court
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