My Wife Sleeps With Cele Pastor

An employee of Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Gbenga Awoyode, 48, has explained to an Alagbado Grade A Customary Court, how his 52-year old wife, Raliat, was caught with a Celestial Church pastor in a hotel, when he was on night duty. Divorce seeking Awoyode also told the court that his wife is equally having an affair with their neighbour. He said his neighbour’s wife had once told Raliat to leave her husband alone. The petitioner, who is seeking the dissolution of their 15-year marriage which has produced three children, said his wife is very hostile and always insulting his two children from his first marriage. Awoyode claimed that Raliat does not have regard for him or members of his family. He explained that when he took her to his family house, she pushed his aunt and she sustained serious injuries as a result of the fall during a quarrel. According to him, his wife is always destroying his belongings whenever they have a misunderstanding. He said that sometimes she would seize his documents, ID card and driver’s license. Awoyode also stated that Raliat has torn many of his clothes to the extent that he has lost count. He said that he did not pay any dowry on his wife and wants the court to grant him a divorce. Raliat, a pensioner with Yaba College of Technology, said that her husband’s claims are not true, as she is not a hostile person. She also said that when her husband’s children and some other relatives came to their house, they all lived together without problems. She stated further that when he is going to work, he would give her N200 as feeding allowance for nine people. She claimed that he is only accusing her of adultery because he wants to be free to marry the lady that he is dating currently. Raliat said that she does not destroy the properties in the house as he is claimed but that he is the one that beat her up when he brought another woman to the house. She said that the court should not dissolve the marriage as she still loves her husband. The court president, Mr. P.A Williams, after listening to both parties, adjourned the case till Monday, 9 September 2013.