A divorce seeking man, Tajudeen has approached a Grade A Customary Court, sitting at Mapo, Ibadan, to dissolve his marriage to his wife, Halimat.
Tajudeen accused the wife of adultery among other vices.
Halimat, who pleaded with the court not to dissolve the marriage, denied all the allegations brought against her.
According to Halimat, she would be doomed if their marriage was dissolved because Tajudeen, early in their marriage, made her swear to an oath with a deity called Ogun, that she would never have sex with any other man except him.
She explained that if Tajudeen divorced her, she would not be able to have sex with any other man who caught her fancy.
She told the court: “My lord, all that my husband said about me is a lie.
“I also do not agree that our marriage be dissolved.
“I run the home when he is out of town and feed his children from his other wives from my purse, but he still refused that I had any rest of mind.
“He started making life hellish for me a year ago after he took another wife.
“He has since then been insisting that I moved out of his house.
“He did the same thing three years ago when he got married to a prostitute who turned our home into a brothel.
“My lord, I am doomed if my husband divorces me. He made me swear an oath early in our marriage that I will never have sex with any other man except him.
“If the court rules that we go our separate ways, I will not be able to have sex with any man that catches my fancy.
“He must undo the oath if he is insisting on divorce.”
Tajudeen, in his evidence, said: “My wife and I shared a blissful marriage for almost 30 years, but this came to a sudden end when I got a job outside town.
“Halimat misplaced the trust I had in her when she started dating other men.
“Our neighbours informed me that she has strings of lovers whom she brought to our home.
“According to them, she is deeply involved in an affair with a particular one among the men, a widower who stays in our neighbourhood.
“Our neighbours explained that my wife always abandoned her duties in the home and would go to this man’s house, to cook his food and carry out other house chores.
“I initially chose not to believe them because of the trust I had in her, but I later confronted her with the facts I gathered.
“She denied having an affair with the said man.
“She explained that she was just being kind to him, being a widower, and all by himself.
“I instructed her to stop paying the man visits, but I later learnt that she had started spending the night with him.
“I once caught her playing host to one of her lovers in our home.
“I reported her to her parents, who chastised her, and went further to admonish her, but she turned a deaf ear to them, which was why I came to court.
“I pray to this honourable court to dissolve our union.
“I also request an order restricting her from harassing, threatening, and interfering with my private life.”
The court president, Mrs S.M. Akintayo, after she had heard both parties, adjourned the case for judgment.
