Neighbours advised me to divorce my disrespectful wife, man tells court

NAN-H-49
Divorce
By David Adeoye
Ibadan, July 18, 2017 (NAN) A tailor, Saheed Tijani, on Tuesday  told an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court at Agodi, Ibadan, that neighbours advised him to divorce his 25-year-old wife, Afisat,  over her disrespectful manners.

Tijani said this while testifying before the court on reasons for  seeking the dissolution  of the marriage which had produced six children.

He said Afisat was in the habit of disrespecting him and has no regard for his mother, adding that   “her attitude at home is annoying.’’

The plaintiff   further accused her of having extra marital affair  with  a carpenter  who  she hired to work on her  new building.

“I have been enduring her since we married hoping that she would turn a new leaf but things get worse on daily basis.

“Her bad character  made my neighbours to advise  me to divorce her;   they even  wanted to assist me financially to file the suit,’’ Tijani told the court.

Afisat, however,  said she was not ready for divorce and prayed the court to assist her to plead with the plaintiff, pleading that  she still loved him.

She also denied having  extra marital affair  with the carpenter  while   promising   to give due respect to the plaintiff  henceforth.

Chief  Mukaila Balogun, the President of the court,  appealed to the plaintiff to give room for amicable resolution of the rift.

Balogun adjourned the case till Monday  for a report of settlement or continuation of hearing. (NAN)
DAK/AIB/OJO
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(Edited by Abdulfatah Babatunde/Mufutau Ojo)