‘My wife broke my head, chased me naked to police station’

The marriage of a 39-year-old man, Shodimu Olawale, to his wife, Sekinat, has hit the rocks.  Olawale had dragged Sekinat to the Oja-Oba Mapo customary court in Ibadan for the dissolution of the marriage, alleging assault and battery against her.   The complainant, a surveyor, had told the court that his wife was habitually beating […]

The marriage of a 39-year-old man, Shodimu Olawale, to his wife, Sekinat, has hit the rocks.

 Olawale had dragged Sekinat to the Oja-Oba Mapo customary court in Ibadan for the dissolution of the marriage, alleging assault and battery against her.

  The complainant, a surveyor, had told the court that his wife was habitually beating and stripping him naked any time they had a misunderstanding. He added the woman always resorted to the use of dangerous weapons whenever they were engaged in a fight.

 “She even broke my head with a broken bottle. On several occasions, I had to run out naked from the house to a nearby police station for fear of my life,” he said.

 He also accused Sekinat of not taking proper care of their two children. “I provide for my wife and kids in all ways. Unfortunately, my wife does not know how to take proper care of the kids. When corrected, she flares up, beats and strips me naked. She is fond of insulting my parents and relatives at the slightest misunderstanding,” he said.

 Olawale prayed the court to dissolve the six-year-old marriage on the ground that the love in the relationship had faded.

 But Sekinat reacted that it was actually her husband who always took to beating her each time she tried to correct him over what she called his bad character. 

 “My husband beat me to stupor each time I tried to correct him on his bad character, saying I am disrespectful,” she said.

  The respondent accused her mother-in-law of being the major reason behind the quarrels with her husband, saying, “She is a deceitful woman. Whenever my husband came back from work, she would tell him I insulted her, which I never did.” 

 The president of the court, Chief Ademola Odunade, dissolved the marriage and awarded custody of the two children to the wife.

 Odunade also directed Olawale to pay for the monthly feeding, allowances, school fees and healthcare of the two children.