I caught him sleeping with our housemaid —Woman
court, husband, wife, man, womanA 36-year-old trader, Mrs Florence Anyasi, has told a Customary Court in Igando, Lagos State to dissolve her 10-year-old marriage because her husband, Stanley, is a womaniser.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Florence told the court that apart from engaging in extra marital affairs, her husband used to sneak into their maid’s room to sleep with her.
“My husband is a womaniser, he used to leave me in the bed at night and sneak into my maid’s room. I have caught him many times on my maid’s bed, sexually assaulting her.
“A neighbour approached me and told me to warn my husband to desist from asking her daughter to have love affair with him.
“I once caught him sucking the breast of my niece who is a minor while he is also fond of wooing my friends,” the mother of three said as she reeled out her grievances before the court.
Anyasi also accused the husband of threatening her life.
“My husband always threatened to get rid of me and had once succeeded in poisoning me.
“He bought me food and after eating, I started having serious pain and was vomiting. I was rushed to the hospital by neighbours and when I was diagnosed, it was detected that the food I just ate had been poisoned.”
The petitioner said that her husband equally turned her into a punching bag, beating her at the slightest provocation, and has been calling her thief and prostitute in public.
Florence stressed that her husband was irresponsible and unable to provide the home food or pay their children’s school fees.
She, therefore, urged the court to dissolve her marriage with Stanley.
The defendant, however, denied all the allegations and, in turn accused his wife of adultery, claiming that her lover even bought her a car.
“In January 2017, she came home with a car worth N1 million. When I asked her where she got the car from, she claimed she bought it with her money.
“I strongly disagreed with her because she is only selling foodstuffs and can never afford that kind of a car.”
The 40-year-old businessman said that his wife packed out of their matrimonial home in 2017 without his knowledge.
“I came home from work and discovered that my wife had packed all her belongings out of my house and moved in with her lover’s.
“I called her several times but she refused to pick my call. She eventually picked my call last January and informed me that our last baby delivered in May 2017, was not mine but her lover.
“Before she had the baby, I always received information from people that she had become a regular face at a particular hotel but I didn’t believe them.”
Stanley said that he provided food for his home and paid his children’s school fees. On the allegation of turning her to a punching bag, he stated that he only beat her once when she stabbed him with bottle in his head.
The respondent urged the court to grant his wife’s wish for the dissolution of marriage saying that he too was no longer interested.
The court president, Mr Akin Akinniyi, admonished the couple to maintain peace and fixed July 3, for judgment.