DIVORCE COURT: ‘My husband wants to take over my investment’

[Mirror]

• I did not cede the business to her –Husband

A 45-year old woman, Kafi lat Shobo, last Tuesday told the court that she wants the marriage between her and her husband, Femi dissolved. The businesswoman alleged that her husband of 14 years is a fraudulent man who will stop at nothing to tarnish her image just because their marriage has been childless and he wants to rob her of her material possession.

She said, "We have been married for fourteen years but unfortunately there has been no issue. We have gone everywhere for all kinds of treatment and there has been no reason for us not to have children.

He knows this fact and instead of him to just say that he is tired and wants to quit the marriage, he embarked on a mission of tarnishing my image and looking for ways of robbing me of my material possessions.

He calls me all sorts of names. He even told people that I am HIVpositive. He alleged that that is the reason I have not been able to give him a child because he has been sleeping with me with condoms. He says all sorts of unprintable things about me anytime and anywhere without caring who is around. He is a fraudulent man and worse still, he beats me up at every little provocation.

As if that is not bad enough, he is planning to sell my landed properties in different part of Lagos and he wants to take over my block of toilets at the market place which I invested about N2million of my sweat into. I approached him some time ago to build toilets and bathrooms in the market place in Ogba area which he agreed.

After investing about N500, 000 into it, he said he could no longer continue and handed over the ownership to me and I spent N2 million on the project. Now he wants to take over the place after I have spent my money completing it.

I was harassed by gun-wielding policemen four times on the orders of my husband. When they would not cease to hunt me, I filed for divorce at this court. I am tired of this marriage I want it dissolved before he kills me.

All he wants is to rob me of what rightfully belongs to me and would even go as far as tarnishing my image just to make me feel bad. I want the court to dissolve the union so that we can go our separate paths in peace" she said. Fifty-four-year-old Femi, however, denied calling his wife HIV-positive.

He admitted beating her but said he had stopped. He said, "I used to beat her in the past since she would not humble herself. She doesn't care about my wellbeing and leaves home at will. She stays away from home and will sometimes be away for up to four weeks. The last time she travelled, she told me she was going to Jos for her business transactions.

She did not return until after four weeks despite the fact that she knew I was ill. I stopped beating her after people appealed to me. She only lent me some money, which I have allowed her to recoup over the past months when I left her in charge of the toilets which are meant for commercial purposes. I did not cede ownership of the toilets to her." The case was adjourned to February 11, 2014 for judgement.

[Shola Sholaz]

I wonder why there are so many disagreement in the marriages we have this days. It is sad

[Nifemi Donald]

This is very funny to hear cos it doesn't happen often. But must marriages always end in Divorce this days?