A man, Adekola Ayodele, has approached the Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan, seeking a divorce from his wife, Bolanle, citing allegations of battery and control.
Ayodele, a mechanic, lamented, “I never enjoyed any moment of peace since I married my wife. Bolanle has no regard for me. She sends her brother to beat me up for no reason.
Worst still, she nearly killed me the last time because she held my private part to cut it off.”
He further claimed, “In fact, Bolanle got me arrested over a matter I knew nothing about. In short, her wish is to control me.”
Ayodele pleaded with the court to grant him custody of their two children and to restrain Bolanle from coming close to him.
In response, Bolanle, a trader, stated, “My lord, everything I did was in self-defence.
Our last fight had to do with the issue of who should take the children to school.”
She added, “My relatives and his have tried on many occasions to intervene, but no amicable solution was reached. I squeezed his private part because Ayodele put his hands on me.
He grabbed my neck in an attempt to strangle me. He starves our three children and me. I am not interested in the marriage anymore.”
In her judgment, the President of the court, Mrs S.M. Akintayo, stated that Ayodele could not substantiate his claim that he paid the bride price before marrying Bolanle, rendering the traditional marriage invalid.
Akintayo ruled that since there was no valid marriage, there was no marriage to be dissolved between them.
She granted an order restraining Bolanle from threatening, harassing, or interfering in Ayodele’s personal life.
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