A 59-year-old physically challenged man, Mr Olaiya Adeagbo, has approached an Igando Customary Court in Lagos State with a suit to dissolve his 23-year-old marriage to his wife on the grounds of infidelity.
Adeagbo told the court on Monday, April 10, 2016 told the court how he caught his wife panting profusely with a neighbour.
He said: “I always received a tip-off from our neighbours that my wife is having an affair with one of our neighbours who was a bachelor.
“That fateful day, I came back home earlier and could not find her in our room, two of my neighbours told me that they sighted her when she sneaked into her lover’s room.
“I went to knock on his door but he refused to open after hearing my voice. I continued knocking and he later opened his door, and I saw my wife hiding behind his door sweating and panting, I greeted her and left.
“After some days, her lover died and my wife disappeared from the house without taking anything and refused to come back.
“My wife later went to marry another man, who also died after some months of their marriage.
“My wife fights a lot, she fought with our pregnant neighbour but the woman died the following morning.
“Every house we rented, we are always evicted because of her frequent fighting with me and neighbours; she once stabbed me with a knife.”
On her part, the wife, Mrs Taiwo Adeagbo, 46, a mother of four, accused her husband of committing adultery, adding that the man he saw her with was her benefactor not her lover.
She said: “I am not having any affair with that our neighbour, he was only my benefactor who always meet my needs as my husband is not responsible, but unfortunately he is no more.
“My husband always bring home different women claiming they have one problem or another; he once ran away with my best friend to unknown destination for three-months.”
She seconded her husband’s divorce suit.
After listening to the couple, the President of the court, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, adjourned the case for further mention until Tuesday, May 10, 2016.
