An Abuja-based businesswoman, Mrs Doris Unekwu, on Thursday, urged a customary court in Jikwoyi, Abuja, to dissolve her marriage on the grounds of denial of her conjugal rights.
Unekwu, in a petition filed against her husband, Matthias, accused him of engaging in masturbation, physical and psychological abuse and denying her of her conjugal rights.
“My husband has long stopped having intimacy with me; I have done all that I can, but he still will not.
“On one occasion, I caught him masturbating, when I asked him why, he said he saw something online that he wanted to practice,” she said.
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“My husband is constantly physically abusing and harassing me in front of our children.
“Any little provocation my husband would immediately slap me and follow it up with endless abuses,’’ she said.
The petitioner prayed the court to grant her the custody of the only child of the marriage and dissolve the marriage.
The respondent, Matthias, who is a businessman, denied the allegations.
The Judge, Mrs Thelma Baba, advised the couple to explore reconciliation and adjourned the matter to January 31. (NAN)
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