My wife is too wayward. I can no longer cope with her adulterous lifestyle – Divorce-seeking man tells Oyo court

A civil servant, Oluwafemi Akinmulero, has told a Mapo Grade ‘A’ Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve his 12-year-old marriage to his wife, Oluwatosin, because of her unrepentant promiscuity.

Akinmulero, a resident of Ilupeju-Wire and Cable, Apata, Ibadan, prayed for the dissolution on Friday, December 20, 2024, in his counterargument against his wife’s allegation of frequent battery and absence of love.

“I also don’t want Oluwatosin in my life again, enough is enough,” Akinmulero said.

“She is too wayward, and I can no longer cope with her adulterous lifestyle.” 

The respondent prayed the court to award him custody of the first two children, noting that he would send them to his elder sister, living and working in Akure, Ondo.

Akinmulero said if the court, however, refused to release the two children to him, he would pay N20,000 as their monthly feeding allowance.

The petitioner, Oluwatosin, had earlier told the court she filed the suit on grounds of her husband’s irresponsibility, constant battery, lack of care, and absence of love.

Oluwatosin, a senior staff at a private radio station in Ibadan, and a resident of Olaogun area, Ibadan, said her husband had turned her into a punchbag.

She alleged he had constantly neglected her and the children.

“Worst still, Akinmulero went to my employers and told them to terminate my appointment to ensure I’m rendered jobless,” Oluwatosin said.

The petitioner further stated she had been responsible for the children’s maintenance since Sept. 2022 when she moved out of her matrimonial home with her three children.

In her judgment, Mrs S. M. Akintayo dissolved the marriage, affirming the duo were no longer interested in each other as husband and wife.

Citing relevant portions of the law to support her judgment, Akintayo granted the custody of the three children to Oluwatosin.

She noted the children were already familiar with their mother as well as the fact that they were in their formative years.

She, consequently, ordered Akinmulero to pay a monthly feeding allowance of N40,000 for the children in addition to taking up their educational responsibilities and other welfare needs.

Akintayo said she arrived at the N40,000 monthly feeding allowance having considered the nation’s current economic realities.

Thereafter, she granted an order restraining Akinmulero from harassing, threatening, and interfering with the private life of Oluwatosin henceforth.