by Zara Mustapha

The 20-year-old marriage between Bosede Tito and her husband, Segun, has been dissolved by an Ake Customary Court in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, over constant maltreatment.

According to the judge, Olalekan Akande, the marriage was dissolved after efforts to reconcile the couple failed.

He added  that their six children were grown ups and capable  of determining  who to live with between  both parents.

He also ordered that the children’s welfare be  the joint responsibility of  both parents.

Nigerian Tribune reports:

Akande  further  warned  Segun to refrain from going to  Bosede’s house or place of work to foment trouble.

Forty-seven-year-old Bosede, who lives at Aro, Abeokuta, had urged the court to dissolve her marriage to  Segun due to  maltreatment, lack of care, frequent beatings and threat to her life.

“I am fed up with our marriage; I have been patient enough and  praying that one day, God would change him.

“He’s  just too harsh. He maltreats me and our  children. Whenever he fights me, he injures me.

“There was a time he fought me and beat one of our children who cautioned  him  when he was beating me. He broke my head and that of our  daughter with a stone.

“This is not the first time he will be  harming us.

“My husband  doesn’t act  like a responsible man. He doesn’t   leave money for the  family’s upkeep or bother  about our welfare, all he knows is to womanise.

“I struggle daily to meet the family’s needs and ensure our children don’t go wayward like their father,’’ Bosede said.

She urged the court to grant her custody of their children in order to give them adequate care.

Segun denied all the  allegations  and  pleaded with the court  not to dissolve their  marriage.

“I am imploring this court  not  to diccolve our marriage,  but if she insists  on a divorce, then there’s  nothing I can do.

“But I want the court to grant me  custody of our  children because in my culture, a woman doesn’t  have  right to the children,’’ he  stated.