An Igando Customary Court sitting in Lagos State on Wednesday, February 3, 2016 received a plea from a man Prince Agina, to dissolve his 10-year-old marriage on the grounds of food poisoning, domestic violence and infidelity.
Agina, a father of two who got married to his wife, Obianuju Agina on Sunday, December 24, 2006 claimed that he noticed that his wife has been slowly poisoning his food since 2008.
He said: “Since 2008, I have noticed that my food was being laced with poison, which has resulted to my deteriorating health; as I am standing here, I’m sick.
“Usually, I travel a lot. On one occasion when I returned home; I noticed that the centre table in our home had broken; when I asked my daughter how it happened, she told me that one uncle broke it.
“This means my wife brings other men into our matrimonial home whenever I travelled because my daughter knows all her uncles.
“She goes out at will without my permission, she does not listen to me as her husband and I don’t love her anymore.’’
Refuting her husband’s claims, Mrs Agina said, “My husband has diabetes and hypertension; and he keeps eating those foods that the doctor warned him to desist from. Please tell me why he won’t be sick always.
“I stayed with him at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH) for four months looking after him but he did not listen to the doctor’s advice.
“So, how has his disobedience become my fault. “He married me a virgin; so why will I start sleeping around now, why will I bring men into the house where my children are staying with me?
“He abandoned me and the children for four years when he travelled to Angola and he wasn’t sending money from there for our upkeep.
“My family members took care of my children and I throughout the period,’’ she said.
The case was, however, referred to the Alternative Dispute Resolution, ADR, by the Court President, Adegboyega Omiloa.
The couple were directed to appear before the ADR members on Thursday, February 25, 2016 while adjourning the case to Monday, March 7, 2016 for further hearing.
