by Akan Ido
The Igando Customary Court has dissolved the 35-year-old marriage of Israel Sanusi and his wife, Airat, over claims of infidelity.
The Court President, R.I. Adeyeri said he was left with no choice than to dissolve the marriage seeing that the couple can no longer live together as husband and wife.
Mr. Sanusi, 75, had dragged his 51-year-old wife to court for allegedly sleeping with his neighbour.
According to the plaintiff: “I caught my wife red-handed inside our bedroom making love with one of our neighbours; and I immediately reported her to her father who advised me to ignore her and marry another wife.
“Whenever I try to make love to her, she would beat me or use a sharp object to attack me.
“She also used a broken bottle to stab me on such occasions.
“It was frequent fights over sex in our former house that forced the landlord to give us a quit notice,” he told the court.
Airat, however, defended her action saying the man who her husband claimed to have slept with her was invited by her to repair “something” in her room.
Adeyeri, the court president said: “All efforts to reconcile the couple had proved futile as the petitioner insisted on divorce.
“The court has no choice than to dissolve the union despite the fact that the wife still claims she love her husband.
“Both parties are no longer husband and wife, they are free to go their separate ways.”
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