An Ikole Ekiti customary court has dissolved a 15-year-old marriage between Afusat Azeez and her husband, Azeez over wrong accusation of adultery.
The president of the court, Mrs Yemisi Ojo, in her judgment held that the marriage had broken down irretrievably.
Ojo said pieces of evidence before the court proved that the union could not stand again and ordered parties to go their separate ways.
She awarded the custody of the two children to Afusat and directed Azeez to pay a monthly allowance of N5,000 to the woman for the upkeep of the children.
Afusat had on February 8 cited drunkenness, constant fighting, no respect for her family, lack of care and non-payment of her bride price as other grounds for seeking the dissolution.
She told the court that Azeez, who was the father of her two children, was in the habit of drinking alcohol and under the influence always accused her of committing adultery and threatening her to swear.
“He forced me to drink car radiator water to prove that I never had affairs with his blood brother who lives with us or any other man.
“My Lord, I can no longer continue with the union to avoid untimely death due to his habitual wrong accusations and threats,’’ Afusat said.
Nigeria Tribune
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