A 42-year-old housewife, Mrs Doris Oseni, has told a Customary Court in
Ondo town that she caught her husband of 12 years, Prophet Femi Oseni,
on the floor of the church office, having sex with another woman.
The
woman, who is also an Evangelist, therefore asked the court to dissolve
her marriage on the ground of adultery, desertion and lack of love on
the part of the husband .
The petitioner said her husband’s
behaviour towards her changed after seven years of their marriage with
no child, adding that since then, the defendant had been sleeping around
with different women, most of whom were members of his congregation.
She added that after several days of abandoning her, she traced her husband to his church in a village not far from Ondo town.
She
claimed that on getting there, she met her husband on the floor of the
church office with one of the women in the church having sex.
She
added that she reported her husband’s strange behaviour to his mother
but that did not stop him from the alleged adulterous acts.
As a result of this she said she was fed up of the relationship, praying the court to separate them.
Doris also accused the husband of having a child out of wedlock, who she said was a product of his extra-marital affairs.
The
45-year-old Oseni pleaded with the court not to dissolve the marriage,
saying he still loved the woman, whom he described as a virtuous woman
that had been taking care of him since he married her.
In his
ruling the President of the Court, Joshua Adunbi, said the words and
body language of the wife had shown that she was tired of the union,
therefore ordered for the dissolution of the marriage.
Adunbi
added that both parties were free to re-marry any person of their choice
and ordered the petitioner to pay the sum of N2,500 to the respondent
as a refund of dowry.
He however noted that anyone of the parties
that was not satisfied with the decision of the court could appeal the
ruling within 30 days.
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