A housewife, Kehinde Oladipo, on Wednesday begged a Mararaba Grade 1 Area Court, Aso Pada, to dissolve her 10-year-old marriage because her husband allegedly infecting her with STD severally.
Kehinde, 38, a mother of three, who accused her husband of infidelity, said the man always beat her and violated her modesty.
Her words: “My husband has been irresponsible, he cheat on me and has severally infected me with STD due to his wayward behaviours.
“He often comes back home late in the night and sometimes fail to come back home for days leaving me and the children to worry about his absence.”
She further told the court her husband is in the habit of beating and insulting her whenever she tries to talk to him.
“He has resorted to threats that he will kill me whenever he beats me and that scares me a lot,” she said.
The respondent, Oladipo, 42, a civil servant, denied all the allegations.
“I still love my wife, I don’t want dissolution of this marriage, if not for anything but for the sake of our three wonderful children.
“I don’t know who is deceiving her to leave me. I know I can be temperamental sometimes but I am changing for the good of my family.
“I am begging this court to give us some time to try and settle our differences,” he said.
The presiding officer, Mr Albert Maga, told the couple to maintain the peace, and adjourned the matter till April 28, for the report of settlement or continuation of the case.
