{"id":34435,"date":"2019-09-05T15:39:54","date_gmt":"2019-09-05T14:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=34435"},"modified":"2019-09-05T15:39:54","modified_gmt":"2019-09-05T14:39:54","slug":"court-dissolves-40-year-marrriage-over-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/court-dissolves-40-year-marrriage-over-sex\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Dissolves 40-Year Marrriage Over Sex"},"content":{"rendered":"

A housewife and mother of eight, Mrs Halimatu, has lost her 40-year marriage for starving her husband of sex.<\/p>\n

A Customary Court in Lagos on Thursday, granted\u00a0the husband, Mr Ganiyu, his request for dissolution of the marriage.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0News Agency of Nigeria<\/em>\u00a0reports that the plaintiff, an Islamic cleric, had earlier filed for divorce on the grounds that his wife had denied him sex.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife, who sleeps, eats my food and drinks my water, has been starving me of sex for 16 years now.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe will not even allow me to neither touch her nor make love to her,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

According to the 59-year-old man, his marriage to Halimatu has been turbulent and fraught with fights and quarrels.<\/p>\n

He explained that this did not allow him to have peace of mind.<\/p>\n

The petitioner alleged that his wife had at a time threatened to kill him.<\/p>\n

He said, \u201cAnother cleric who lives with me, told me that my wife was after my life; that she gave him charms to put in my food.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a day she wanted to stab me with a broken bottle but for the quick intervention of my friend who entered at that time and collected the bottle from her.\u201d<\/p>\n

The husband further alleged that his wife turned their children against him, alleging\u00a0that she once ordered their firstborn to beat him up.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy son beat me up mercilessly and tore my clothes to pieces with my wife\u2019s consent,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n

The plaintiff said that his wife, Halimatu, gave out their daughters\u00a0in marriage without his knowledge and consent, saying that he had never met any of his sons-in-law.<\/p>\n

He said that his wife was after the property he inherited from his late father.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy father\u2019s property belongs to me alone. My wife and children cannot inherit my father\u2019s property but can only inherit my own property.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife is fighting to take over my father\u2019s property from me, claiming it belongs to her and the children.<\/p>\n

\u201cI later bought land in her name so that she and the children can have that as their inheritance but she went to the landowners begging them to sell the land and give her the money,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>

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The plaintiff pleaded with the court to terminate the marriage so that he could have peace of mind and live long to enjoy the rest of his life.<\/p>\n

The respondent, Halimatu, who consented to the dissolution of their marriage, admitted denying her husband sex.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was ill at a time and when I recovered from my illness, my husband refused to sleep with me, claiming I am a madwoman.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe went and married another woman without my knowledge and when he later wanted to sleep with me, I refused,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

The 52-year-old trader said that her husband and their first son had a misunderstanding which made him (son)\u00a0beat his\u00a0father.<\/p>\n

She, however, denied ordering her son to beat his father.<\/p>\n

The respondent also denied an allegation that she gave charm to anyone to kill him, saying she also never attempted to stab her husband with a bottle.<\/p>\n

Halimatu further denied the plaintiff\u2019s claim of wanting to sell the land her husband bought for her.<\/p>\n

The Court\u2019s President, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, in his judgment, said that it appeared that the estranged husband and wife were tired of the marriage since efforts to reconcile both parties had failed.<\/p>\n

\u201cSince both parties consented to the dissolution of their marriage, this court has no choice than to dissolve the marriage.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court hereby pronounces the marriage between Mr Ganiyu and Mrs Halimatu dissolved today,<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth of you henceforth cease to be husband and wife. Each of you should go on his or her separate way unmolested. The court wishes both of you well in your future endeavour.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe custody of the last born, who is 17-year-old is awarded to Halimatu, while Ganiyu must be paying N5, 000 monthly for her feeding and must also be responsible for her education and general welfare.\u201d<\/p>\n

The court ordered Ganiyu to pay a severance fee of N250,000 to the respondent for her to move on with her life and to also pay N150,000 for her to secure another accommodation.<\/p>\n

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