A 49 year old fabric dealer told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos State on Friday that she caught another woman cooking for her husband.

Mrs. Olajumoke Bimbo made the statement while responding to a divorce suit filed by Gbolahan, her husband of 23 years, that she (Bimbo) was troublesome.  

“My husband relocated us to his house in Ikorodu, Lagos and rented another apartment in Ikotun claiming Ikorodu is far from his working place in Ikotun.

 Mrs. Olajumoke said that she sells clothes in Idumota, Lagos Island and she goes from Ikotun; I never complain of distance.

“Since my husband insisted on leaving alone in Ikotun, I always take food to him every week after a while he told me to stop bringing food for him and stop coming to his house.”

“On a particular day, I went to his house unannounced when he stopped picking my calls, on my arrival I saw a woman in his kitchen cooking,” she said.

 The mother of three said that the children told her that their father told them to vacate the house in Ikorodu because he had sold it.

 She begged the court not to grant her husband’s wish for the dissolution of the marriage claiming that she still loves with him.

 She then pleaded with the court to appeal to her husband to come back home because she is not ready to divorce him.

On the other hand, the petitioner, Mr Gbolahan Olajumoke, 52 said that his wife’s behavior changed after he married her. “My wife was cool and gentle when we were dating, but after the wedding, she became a devil.

 “She is a trouble maker, she fights with me, my family, my friends and even neighbours. “Because of her frequent fight, I had to relocate to a different area, “he said.

Gbolahan told the court that his wife sometimes goes out and do not return home until the following day.

“My wife always take extra clothes in her bag when going out in the morning to her shop and will not come home to sleep,” the petitioner said.

He urged the court to dissolve the marriage as he was no longer in love with his wife. “Please, I can no longer tolerate this loveless marriage, I have tolerated her enough,” he said.

The court president, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, urged the estranged couple to come for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) along with three members of their families and adjourned the case till Sept. 26.

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