Whenever drunk, my husband defecates into my pots –Woman tells court

A housewife, Mary Okunade, has appealed to an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court in Ekiti State, for the dissolution of her 25-year-old marriage to her husband, Tokunbo Okunade, on grounds that he was a drunk and also a wife beater. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the mother of three told the court that her […]

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Thrice, I have repaid N1.1m loan ‘in kind’ -Woman tells court

A Lagos businesswoman, Ejioma, on Monday, told an Ojo Magistrates’ Court how she paid back ‘in kind’ part of N1.1m loan she allegedly took from a businessman. The defendant, a trader who sells bags of rice, pleaded not guilty to two counts of obtaining money by false pretence and stealing. The defendant, who spoke in […]

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My husband sent me a text, calling me barren -Woman tells court

A 40-year-old businesswoman, Temidayo Amosa, on Friday dragged husband, Omotosho, before an Igando Customary Court, for allegedly calling her a barren woman. Amosa told the court that she has been married to Omotosho, 70, for nine years. “In January 2017, my husband sent me a text, calling me barren. He ordered me to leave his […]

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My husband has denied me sex for 5 years –Woman tells court

Nigerian housewife, Talatu, 35, on Monday approached a Sharia Court ll sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State for a divorce with her husband, Nasiru Sulaiman, for being sex-starved by him for five years. She said, “We have six children but he has refused to enrol them in school. “I enrolled them but he pulled them […]

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When I slept with my brother-in-law, I thought he was my husband -Woman tells court

A trader, Mrs Ajayi, 52, told an Igando Customary Court that she slept with her brother-in-law because she thought he was her husband. Ajayi’s husband, Akande, is seeking the dissolution of their 35-year marriage, accusing her of infidelity. “I was in bed when my husband’s younger brother came to the house my husband rented for […]

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