I abandoned my vile wife because she starves me of sex, man tells court


Ibadan ----------------  A sparepart dealer, Abdulahi Abdulsalam has told a Customary Court sitting in Ile-Tuntun in Ibadan to dissolve his 10-year-old marriage to his estranged wife, Aminat on grounds that she was wicked and starved him of sex.

Abdulsalam on Thursday told the court in his testimony after Aminat, a pharmacist, had accused him of neglecting her and their two children, that she was a thug.

“I abandoned the house in January. Aminat is not only a hooligan, she is also disrespectful to me and other members of my extended family.

“In fact, Aminat has stopped cooking for me. I wash, clean and cook,” he said.

Aminat, had earlier accused her husband of abandonment.

“He hates my two children because they are girls. He has refused to provide money for them to go to school,” she said.

President of the court, Chief Henry Agbaje, the President of the court, ordered the couple to produce more evidence to support their claims, even as he directed them to produce their relatives and adjourned the suit until April 6 for judgment.