A Badagry Customary Court, on Wednesday, dissolved the marriage between Rasheed Lateef, 38, and Toyin Lateef, 28.
Toyin, testifying in a charge of infidelity brought against her by
Rasheed, who is seeking the dissolution of their marriage, had told the
court that her husband was in the habit of withdrawing while they had
sex and depositing his sperm on her stomach in a bid to avoid getting
her pregnant.
The couple have two children.
"My husband does not release sperm into my vagina when making love to
me; instead he pours it on my stomach,’’ she said. "My husband said he
wants only two children and did not want me to be pregnant again."
She told the court that her husband, whom she claimed lived a reckless
life, was in the habit of suspecting her because he had been marrying
women and divorcing them. "I once met my husband sleeping with his
girlfriend on our matrimonial bed,’’ she said.
Responding, Rasheed, who had filed the suit on the ground that there
was no more love between them, said he did not want his wife again and
accused her of sleeping around. "If the marriage is dissolved, I want my
children to be with me, and they must be allowed to go to school if
they are with their mother,’’ he said.
President of the court, A.B. Kudaisi, dissolved the union. "This court
has realised that the marriage between the complainant and defendant
has broken down," he said. "Therefore, the union between the two is
hereby dissolved."
He, however, asked Rasheed to pay N15, 000 and N10, 000 to the
defendant as rent and business allowance respectively, and ordered him
to provide a feeding allowance of N5, 000 monthly, to her, for the
children, who must stay with their mother because of their young age.
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