An Islamic cleric Ganiyu Salami,
on Thursday, approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos, to end his
40-year-old marriage to his wife, Halimatu, for allegedly denying him s.e.x and
threatening his life.
Salami told the court that his
wife and mother of his eight children had denied him his matrimonial rights by
failing in her conjugal duties.
“My wife who sleeps, eats my food
and drinks my water has been starving me of s.e.x for 16 years now.
“She will not even allow me to
neither touch her nor make love to her.”
The petitioner said that his wife
fought him frequently over little issues.
“My marriage to Halimatu has been
turbulent and fraught with fights and quarrels; I do not have peace of mind.”
The 59-year-old man also accused
his wife of threatening to kill him.
“Another cleric who lives with me
told me that my wife was after my life, that she gave him charms to put in my
food.
“There was a day she wanted to
stab me with a broken bottle but for the quick intervention of my friend who
entered at that time and collected the bottle from her.”
The embittered petitioner further
alleged that his wife turned their children against him, that she once ordered
their firstborn to beat him up.
“My son beat me up mercilessly
and tore my clothes to pieces with my wife’s consent,’’ he said.
Salami claimed that Halimatu gave
out their daughters in marriage without his knowledge and consent, and that he
had never met any of his sons-in-law.
He said that his wife was after
the property he inherited from his late father.
“My father’s property belongs to
me alone, my wife and children cannot inherit my father’s property but can only
inherit my own property.
“My wife is fighting to take over
my father’s property from me, claiming it belongs to her and the children.
“I later bought a land in her name
so that she and the children can have that as their inheritance, but she went
to the landowners begging them to sell the land and give her the money.”
He begged the court to terminate
the marriage so that he can have peace, live long and enjoy life.
The respondent, however, admitted
denying her husband sex.
“I was ill at a time and when I
recovered from my illness, my husband refused to sleep with me, claiming I am a
mad woman.
“He went and married another
woman without my knowledge and when he later wanted to sleep with me, I
refused.”
The 52-year-old trader denied
ordering their son to beat her husband.
“My husband and our son had a
misunderstanding and our son beat him up, I never ordered him to do so,” she
said.
She also denied giving anyone charm
to kill her husband and also said she never attempted to stab him with a
bottle.
Halimatu rejected claims that she
tried to sell the land her husband bought for her.
She consented to the dissolution
of their marriage saying she was no longer interested.
The president of the court, Mr
Adeniyi Koledoye, urged the couple to maintain peace.
Koledoye adjourned the case until
Aug. 20, for judgment, NAN reports.
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8 children? And this same woman denies you sex? what a laugh.
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