6th September, 2010
A former policewoman has dragged her husband before the Ikeja Grade ‘Aâ€
The woman, Mrs. Oseni, popularly called Mama Olamilekan appealed to the court to dissolve her five-year old marriage to her husband, Mr. Oseni who has three kids from another relationship.
Addressing the court, Mrs. Oseni said: “I want our marriage dissolved because my husband usually beat me, drinks uncontrollably, fornicates and doesnâ€
In his response, Mr. Oseni denied the allegations, saying: “Before she married me, I was very wealthy. I gave her money to start business and also rented a shop for her. I travelled several times to Ibadan to help her buy groundnut oil to sell to the extent that people started calling me ‘Baba Olororoâ€
“But in 2007, my fortune changed and since then, she changed towards me,†he added.
Mr. Oseni soberly continued, “She doesnâ€
“I have pleaded with her, lying flat on the floor several times but she refused. I guess she has a place to live now.â€
The respondent disclosed further that he borrowed money from Cooperative Bank in Ibadan for her to start business and also rented a shop for her in Agege where she sells rice and groundnut oil.
But the petitioner insisted that the marriage should be dissolved and their only child, Olamilekan Oseni, four and a half year, to live with her.
The matter has been adjourned till 6 September, 2010.
—Sontan Yewande