A 40-year-old housewife, Amudalat Afolabi, has told an
Ilorin Area Court, Kwara State, that her husband, Tajudeen, sent her packing
because she refused to terminate a six-month-old pregnancy. Amudalat made this
known when she testified in a divorce petition filed against her husband in
Ilorin, yesterday.
"My husband sent me away from our matrimonial home because I
refused to terminate the six months pregnancy am carrying," she said.
Amadalat, 40, did not oppose the dissolution of the
20-year-old marriage, but described Tajudeen as "an irresponsible man." She
said she was tired of being enslaved by a "useless man."
Tajudeen, 50, a residence of Edun Area, Ilorin, had prayed
the court to dissolve the marriage alleging infidelity by his wife. He said the
marriage was contracted in 1996 and had produced five children: Monsurat,18;
Ibrahim,16; Mohammed,12; Lateefat, 10; Fatimoh, eight, who are all living with
him because their mother had abandoned their matrimonial home.
He said: "I am fed up with her waywardness. She is not
stable and always frames excuses for her actions. I pray the court to put an
end to this union because my wife can kill me as she moves around town like
dog."
He, therefore, urged
the court to dissolve the marriage and award him custody of the children.
The area court judge, Mr. AbdulQudri Ibrahim, dissolved the
marriage between the two parties and issued the certificate of divorce to the
complainant.
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