by Akintomiwa Agbaje

“My lord, anytime my husband brought home a woman, he would ask me to sleep on the mat so that the woman  can sleep on our matrimonial bed,’’ were the confessions of  Busayo Ogunjobi, a house wife, who has urged the Customary court in Ado- Ekiti to dissolve her marriage.

She alleged that her 13-year-old marriage to Ayodele Ogunjobi has been seiged with frequent beating, adultery and lack of child care.

She told the court that anytime her husband came home with a woman, he would ask her to sleep on the mat.

The Nigerian Eye reports

She told the court that Ayodele denied being the biological father of the only child of their marriage. According to her, Ayodele abandoned her and the child when the child was three months old. 

Ayodele, 32, denied beating his wife because of another woman.

He told the court he did not believe the said child was his, adding that  he did some private investigations which did not favour the petitioner.

This he said was the reason he did not provide for the upkeep of both mother and child.

The court’s president, Mr Joseph Ogunsimi, adjourned the case till  February 11 for further hearing.