
A 58-year-old Islamic cleric, Ahmed Salisu has cried out before a court narrating how he caught his cheating wife, Fatimo sleeping with another man.
The Court President, Mr. Adeniyi Koledoye, said that the court was left with no option than to grant his prayer since the petitioner insisted on divorce after several interventions.
“Each of you should go on his or her separate ways unmolested; the court wishes both of you well in your future endeavours.
“The petitioner is to pay a severance of N150, 000 to his wife for her to move on with her life.”
Koledoye also ordered Salisu to be responsible for the children’s feeding, education and general welfare.
Salisu had earlier approached the court seeking to end his 28-year-old marriage over wife’s infidelity.
“I once caught her red-handed with a man in a hotel.”
The petitioner accused his wife of planning to kill him so that she can inherit his house.
The husband said his wife lacked respect for members of his family, adding that Fatimo was always fighting them whenever they came to visit him.
“She fought with my elder sister and also shouted thief repeatedly at my younger brother, when he came to my house.
“My brother could have been lynched because people thought he was a real thief, but God saved him.”
The petitioner said his wife was violent and was always bringing out a knife, threatening to stab him at the slightest misunderstanding.
He said the development made him to leave the house in 2016 to avoid being killed.
The petitioner said that Fatimo fought him in the public and tore his clothes.
Salisu pleaded with the court to terminate the marriage because he was no longer interested.
Fatimo, however, denied all the allegations and begged the court not to grant her husband’s wish because she was still in love with him.
The mother of four denied having any extramarital affairs with anyone.
The 55-year-old trader said her husband was threatening to kill her, adding that he once pushed her onto a moving vehicle and was injured.
“He left the house six years ago and refused to pick my calls; I have been the one shouldering his responsibilities.”
The respondent said she never fought with any member of her husband’s family and never shouted thief at his brother.
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