A police officer, Mrs. Funmilola Alade has prayed the
Iyana-Ipaja Grade ‘B’ Customary Court, Lagos southwest Nigeria to dissolve her
five-year old marriage to Mr. Johnson Alade, another police officer.
The marriage was contracted in 2005.
The petitioner claimed in her petition that her husband was
fond of beating her.
“It got to a point that I attempted to commit suicide by
drinking kerosene,” she stated. She also accused her estranged husband of
dragging her around the street whenever he beats her.
“The first three days of this year, he beat me
continuously,” she added.
She also accused her
husband of not showing concern over her
inability to bear children.
“He doesn’t give me money for medications or tests or follow
me to the hospital. He believes he is okay since he has a child with another
woman before marrying me. “There was a time I got pregnant but the foetus
showed no sign of growth and the doctor flushed it out. My husband did not
support me in any way. I paid all my hospital bills and after two weeks of the
operation, I packed out of his house,” she narrated.
She accused the respondent of being fetish, adding that he
is a serial womaniser.
“He engages in
infidelity and doesn’t hide his girlfriends from me. I can’t complain to his
family because I know they won’t listen to me since I’m unable to give their
son a child,” she stated. The respondent denied having girlfriends but admitted
being fetish because of his profession. He explained that he doesn’t give her
money for medical tests because a doctor once told them that she can’t bear
children.
“So why should I
waste money on the issue,” he asked.
He also admitted
beating her only once and that was when his friend told him that she was seeing
another man.
He did not object to the divorce. The matter has been
adjourned for further hearing.
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