Man Divorces Wife Over Her Having Insulted Landlord

A 31-year-old man, Joseph Idowu, on Thursday divorced his wife, Omolara, over her having insulted his landlord.

Idowu had filed a suit before an Ikole Customary Court in Ekiti on August 31, seeking the dissolution of his five-year-old marriage blessed with two children.

The man explained to the court that his wife insulted his landlord when he was trying to settle a dispute between the couple, and later moved out of his house because she got annoyed for being corrected.

Omolara, who denied the allegation, gave her evidence on oath to the effect that she did not insult their landlord. She accused the plaintiff of cooperating with the landlord to sack her by giving flimsy excuses. She was sure that the only reason was that he wanted to marry another woman.

Omolara stated that she parked out of her matrimonial home because of her husband's habit of beating her and to escape being killed.

However, she gave her consent for the divorce and prayed for the custody of her second child who was a year and nine months old.

The marriage was dissolved and the prayer of the defendant regarding the custody was upheld.

The president of the court, Mrs. Yemisi Ojo, ordered both parties to be jointly responsible for the care, maintenance, support and education of the second child.

She ordered that the plaintiff should single-handedly cater for the need of the first child in his custody.