by Adeola Balogun

A woman in Osun has had her 15-year-old marriage dissolved by a court in the state after she filed a petition to that effect.

Mutiat Asimiyu approached the customary court, sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, alleging that her husband, Saheed, constantly abused her.

She also said that he had taken to using a mysterious substance whenever he had intercourse with her and one time he even tied her up before having his way.

The Tribune reports:

Mutiat had urged the court to dissolve her marriage to her husband, alleging constant beating and lack of peace.

“He beats me always. There was a time he travelled, on returning, he came to my shop and said I should come home with him. “When we got home, he asked me to swear that no man touched me while he was away and I did. “One day, while I was asleep, he tied my legs and hands to the bed and woke me up. “He told me he was going to sleep with me in that state and he did.

“I later discovered I was pregnant and he went about lying and denying the pregnancy. He also beat me. “I left for my family house. The next day, he came and pleaded with my parents to help mediate in our misunderstanding which they did.

“I moved back to his home but I never knew he was putting something on his manhood to sleep with me. “I caught him on one occasion. I took the substance and when I asked why he was using it, he said his father gave it to him, but his father denied it.

“I want to live in peace and that is why I have come to court to ask for the dissolution of this marriage,” she said.

Saheed, the respondent, said that their union was not 15 years but 19 years and denied having sex with his wife using charm.

“I’m not ready to leave her because of my children. If she’s not thinking about them, I do. She wants to leave so that she can be free to carry on with her illicit affair,” he said.