A 50 year old retired civil servant, Mr Chibuzo Obiedefu on Friday asked a Customary court in Igando, Lagos to dissolve his seven year old marriage because his wife constantly demands for money before allowing him to have sex with her.
Obiedefu, told the court that his wife, Philomena, made sexual intercourse difficult in the relationship.
“My wife is always starving me of sex and if she will allow me, she will ask me to pay for it. And if I refuse to give her money and wanted to sleep with her by force, she would hit me with any dangerous weapon she could lay her hands on,” he told the court.
Obiedefu also accused his wife of infidelity. He said she was dating a policeman in their area. He added that his wife had turned their children against him making him a stranger in his house.
“Philomena is cheating on me; she is having an affair with a policeman and whenever I caution her, she will flare up.
“My wife is telling my children not to come close to me because I am a bad man. My children now distance themselves from me and I am now like a stranger to them.” He pleaded with the court to dissolve the marriage because he was tired of the relationship and was no longer in love.
Responding, 40-year-old Philomena, who is a business woman, denied all the allegations.
She said “My husband has sex with me anytime he feels like; and I only demanded for feeding money from him.” She also claimed that she was not dating the policeman.
“The policeman is only a friend, no strings attached.” She urged the court not to grant her husband’s plea because she still loved him. Court President, Mr Rufus Adeyeri, adjourned the case till January 21 for judgment