20th August, 2014
Osunrayi Oluwapelumi & Helen Nneka Nwanua
A police officer, Mrs. Funmilola Alade has prayed the Iyana-Ipaja Grade ‘B’ Customary Court, Lagos southwest Nigeria to dissolve her five-year old marriage to Mr. Johnson Alade, another police officer.
The marriage was contracted in 2005.
The petitioner claimed in her petition that her husband was fond of beating her.
“It got to a point that I attempted to commit suicide by drinking kerosene,” she stated. She also accused her estranged husband of dragging her around the street whenever he beats her.
“The first three days of this year, he beat me continuously,” she added.
She also accused her husband of not showing concern over her inability to bear children.
“He doesn’t give me money for medications or tests or follow me to the hospital. He believes he is okay since he has a child with another woman before marrying me. “There was a time I got pregnant but the foetus showed no sign of growth and the doctor flushed it out. My husband did not support me in any way. I paid all my hospital bills and after two weeks of the operation, I packed out of his house,” she narrated.
She accused the respondent of being fetish, adding that he is a serial womaniser.
“He engages in infidelity and doesn’t hide his girlfriends from me. I can’t complain to his family because I know they won’t listen to me since I’m unable to give their son a child,” she stated. The respondent denied having girlfriends but admitted being fetish because of his profession. He explained that he doesn’t give her money for medical tests because a doctor once told them that she can’t bear children.
“So why should I waste money on the issue,” he asked.
He also admitted beating her only once and that was when his friend told him that she was seeing another man.
He did not object to the divorce. The matter has been adjourned for further hearing.