18th January, 2011
Mr. Ayodele Bolaji, an employee of a Lagos-based oil company on Monday stunned an Ikeja High Court with the allegation that his wife and her mother conspired to kill him in order to take over his property.
Bolaji who was seeking for the dissolution of his four-year old marriage to Aderinsola, described her as a wicked and greedy person.
The petitioner said their marriage, which was solemnized on May 5, 2006 had failed to produce any child, adding that this contributed to their problems as a couple.
He further told the court that they stopped co-habiting as man and wife barely two years into their marriage because of the attitude and character of the respondent.
Bolaji said: “After she had left my house, one day some policemen came to arrest me on the orders of her mother.
“I was taken to Ibadan and chained in a large room for forty days. They were actually out to kill me and take over my property but I told them that I have already made a will which was with my lawyer.â€
The petitioner told the court how he learnt of the alleged plan by his wife and mother-in-law to kill him.
“I heard them saying it when I was chained inside the large hall. They were speaking in Yorubaâ€, he alleged.
He further told the court that after his release, he discovered that his wife had conspired with her mother to forge a sick leave certificate on his behalf which they sent to his employers to cover for his absence.
According to him, the purported certificate, which was allegedly issued by the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH), was discovered to be a fake by his company which drew his attention to it.
Oyewole, after hearing his testimony adjourned the case to March 8 for cross-examination and defense.
