I beat my wife when she refuses to allow me have sex with her, man tells court
Ibrahim Adesina
A 40-year-old trader, Salau Kehinde, on Thursday at a customary court admitted he has been beating his wife anytime she refuses to have sex with him.
Kehinde, of 9, Fatai Oloko Street, Haruna, Ikorodu, was dragged by his wife to a customary court sitting in Ikorodu for dissolution of their marriage.
At the hearing of the matter, Kehinde agreed that he used to beat his wife, Shakirat up whenever she denied him of sex and if she returned home late from her trading business.
On allegation of his threat to pour hot water on his wife, he said, “it was an empty threat, I merely boiled the water so I could threaten her with it. “I had no intention of bathing her in the water”.
According to Kehinde, Shakirat had refused to cook for him anytime she is pregnant. “She will tell me I should look for another wife”, he told the court.
Shakirat, 32-year-old of 1, Azeez Aremu Close, Ibeshe, Ikorodu, told the court that they got married 10 years ago and had two children together, but had been living separately for over two years now.
“He always refused to give me money and this made us quarrel and fight a lot,” she said. “I had to leave him when he kept threatening to pour hot water on me.”
“His friend advised him to beat me up and he became fond of beating me. He would beat me whenever I returned from work, he would beat me when I told him I was too tired to have sex, or for any flimsy excuse”.
She added that Kehinde also lacked respect for her family.
When the court’s president, Olu Adebiyi, asked her what she wanted, Shakirat replied: “I want this court to dissolve our marriage and grant me custody of our children.”
Kehinde, however, promised to stop beating or threatening her and said he was willing to take her back if she wants to stay with him.
The court adjourned the matter to September 13, for possible reconciliation.