Husband and Wife Exchange Blows in Court (PICTURED)
A man and his wife were reported to have caused confusion which generated
lots of attention in the court when they started a scuffle inside the
premises of the Ikeja Magistrate’s court.
Olufemi Ogbiyele engaged his wife, Bola Ogbiyele in a fight which was
alleged to have started when a friend of the divorce-seeking couple
pleaded with the husband, to settle out of court but the plea fell on deaf
ears.
To be surprise of some court attendants who witnessed the incident,
Ogbiyele was said to have grabbed his wife’s hand while demanding
custody of their three children, and beat up his wife.
PM News reports:
Counsel to the estranged wife, Barrister Shittu Oladeyinde, who spoke
with P.M.NEWS said, “I am also the embattled woman’s friend and was aware
that a friend called them to settle out of court. Unfortunately, this fell
on deaf ears and the man flared up, demanded custody of his children.
Oladeyinde then explained the genesis of their problem. “It actually
started on 11 February last year when the woman locked herself up in the
children’s room after he beat her up. She then left for her mother’s house afterwards to avoid being
lynched.”
The counsel further disclosed that “another lawyer, Barrister Taiwo and a
pastor had met with the husband, asking him to resolve the matter amicably
and take his wife home but Ogbiyele agreed to do so on the condition that
the wife stopped working, which the woman blatantly rejected.
“It was after this meeting that the man sent a text message to the wife,
asking her to prepare her lawyers for a divorce,” he explained.
The petition for divorce with suit number ID/377HD/13, filed at the Ikeja
High Court last year September read, “failure of petitioner to comply with
the provisions of section 15, sub-section 2(d) of matrimonial cause, act
caption 220 of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1990″.
While narrating his story, Ogbiyele told the court that his wife was
sleeping with different men when she travelled to the United Kingdom in
March 2012.
He further stated that on 12 February last year, his wife slapped him
when he accused her of stealing his properties and solicited the support
of her lovers to beat him for bringing up such an allegation against
her.
In response to the allegations levelled against the man, the second
counsel to the wife, Akin Aroyewo stated that, “In the first place, she
did not abscond from her matrimonial home on 1 September, she ran for her
dear life when the husband wanted to kill her with an iron belt.
“They have not lived apart for two years but the husband is the one who
is frivolous and temperamental. This he even showed by abusing court
proceedings.”
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