The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the petitioner
also alleged that his 63-year-old wife, Karimat, had become a threat to his
life and usually incited their seven children against him.
“Karimat does
not care for me again; she denies me my matrimonial right to sleep with her.
“She gangs up with our children against me, to the
extent that they threaten my life on her behalf.
“I am fed up with the marriage and I no longer love
her,’’ the petitioner, who resides in Idiorogbo village, Itokin Road, Ikorodu, said.
In her response, Karimut said the allegations by her
husband were false.
She said although her husband did not care well
enough for her and their children, she did not want to divorce him.
Karimat told the court that the petitioner usually
slept around with other women and always threatened to chase her and the children
away for no good reason.
“My husband is not a reasonable man and he’s a very
inconsiderate person,’’ she said.
NAN reports that the children of the petitioner were
four males and three females.
The oldest male child is 39 years old; the oldest
female is 36 years, while the youngest is a 16-year-old girl.
In her ruling, the President of the court, Mrs. Omolara
Abiola, said the court would do everything within its power to save the marriage.
She said, “This court is more focused on saving
marriages. And it behoves on us to try to secure this union rather than
dissolve a marriage of such age, with seven children, most of whom are above
30.’’
Abiola, therefore, urged the petitioner and the respondent
to “maintain peace and harmony, pending the determination of the case”.
The court president added that Karimat should not
ignore her husband as such “action usually infuriates men’’.
Abiola adjourned the case till March 22, 2016, for
further mediation and ordered that some of the children of the couple should be
present at the hearing.
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