A mother of four, Mrs. Taiwo Arum, is seeking the order of the court to dissolve her 11-year-old marriage to her 45-year old husband, Jamiu, because he usually raped her in the presence of their children.
The woman who was in tears while narrating her ordeal at an Igando Customary Court, Lagos, on Friday, also disclosed that Jamiu used to beat her “mercilessly” before raping her.
In her words: “My husband, Jamiu usually beat me before raping me in the presence of our children. After the attack, our children normally advised me to cooperate with him, so that he will not kill me. On each occasion, nobody could hear my crying because of the noise from some of our tenants’ generators.”
Mrs. Taiwo told the court that her husband usually gave her and their four children only N400 feeding allowance daily. She said the matter was brought to the court because things are so bad that her children lacked fatherly care and affection.
On his part, Jamiu, a transporter, denied all the allegations leveled against him, stressing that he still loves his wife and begged the court not to dissolve their marriage. “I did not hit her, she is blowing the issue out of proportion,” he pleaded.
The President of the Court, Mr. Adewale Eko, said their issues are not beyond repair. He ordered the husband to start giving N5,000 to his estranged wife as weekly allowance to cater for their children, as against the N400 he usually gave her daily.
The judge advised both parties to meet with the elders in their family for amicable resolution of the matter and report back to him on December 1
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