The 10-year-old marriage between
Chukwuma Onwumere and Obianuju, his wife, may be dissolved over the wife’s
penchant to always grab her husband’s testicles anytime they were fighting, if
the Igando Customary Court in Lagos State should grant Chukwuma’s request.
“My wife wants to kill me by
always grabbing my testicles during fight. Apart from twisting my scrotum, she
was always hitting me with dangerous weapons over trivial issues.
“She once cut me with machete on
my head during one of our fights,” he said.
The 43-year-old man said that his
wife was fond of going out and returning at will and, that whenever he
cautioned her, she would turn it to a fight.
He begged the court to dissolve
the marriage.
However, Obianuju, the respondent
in the case denied all the allegations levelled against her by husband but
alleged that her husband was a threat to her life.
“My husband was always beating
me; all the scars on my body were as a result of his abuse. There was a day he
beat me and one of my teeth removed.
“There was also a night while
sleeping that I saw my husband with a charm in his hand, moving round my bed
and reciting some incantations.
“I quickly stood up from the bed,
but he left my room and placed the charm at my door post,’’ the 34-year-old
woman said.
The mother of two said that her
husband parked her load to her village claiming she was a witch.
“My husband carried my property
to my parents saying that he was told by a spiritualist that I am a witch. He
told my parents that he was no longer interested in our marriage,” she said.
She said that she never attacked
her husband with a machete as they did not have machete at home.
Obianuju pleaded with the court
to grant her husband’s wish and dissolve the marriage as she too was no longer
interested in the union.
The president of the court, Mr
Adegboyega Omilola, adjourned the case until Sept. 12 for further hearing.
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