A 43-year-old commercial bus driver, Idris Azeez, told a customary court sitting at Ile-Tuntun, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Tuesday that his wife, Morenikeji, introduced her concubine to him as her elder brother.
Morenikeji had petitioned the court for divorce, saying Azeez was not caring as a husband and was always beating her “without any reason.”
She narrated that she once collected a loan from a microfinance bank to establish a business but Azeez squandered it.
But the respondent said Morenikeji was aware he was facing some challenges.
He said, “She knew I am a driver and my car was faulty before we got married. That is the reason I have not been able to care for my kid. When I met her mother to report her terrible misgivings, her mother said I shouldn’t report her daughter to the family again because she didn’t know me.
“She further said I saw her as a divorcee before I decided to take her as wife and when it is time for her to go to another man, I should allow her to go.
“She introduced a man to me as her brother without me knowing that it was her concubine. In fact, I have consulted him for spiritual solutions when I had health issues.
“I caught her with the same man in her friend’s house. The situation I met them was suspicious. As a housewife, she goes out and returns home anytime she wishes. I am not also interested in her again.”
The president of the court, Chief Henry Agbaje, faulted the claim of Azeez, who said he did not pay any bride price on Morenike and did not bother to visit her mother for two years after marrying her daughter.
Agbaje said, “These things are lessons for our children who believe so much in themselves, rather than involving their parents in marriage processes.
“In those days, families used to carry out diligent investigations before they allowed their children to go into marriage with anybody. But today, the reverse is the case. Our parents should as a matter of urgency begin to reorientate their children on values.”
The president adjourned the case till August 25, 2020 for further hearing.
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