Abiodun Olaifa of Aremo area, Ibadan, on Thursday told
the Idi-Ogogo Customary Court, Agodi, Ibadan, that
hawking of bitter liquor, popularly called `Agbo-Jedi’,
exposed his wife to immorality.
Olaifa, while testifying in a divorce petition filed against
him by his wife, Oluwaseyi, said the plaintiff also turned
deaf ears to his warnings against the use of bleaching
creams.
“She receives midnight calls from her suspected
concubines and has no regard for me as her husband
since she began hawking Agbo-jedi, which I kicked
against.
“She uses the opportunity of hawking Agbo-jedi to
commit extra marital affairs; she has been over
exposed and cannot be controlled.
“I support the divorce suit and pray the court to grant
her request so that she can have maximum freedom to
do as she wishes,” Olaifa said.
Earlier, Oluwaseyi had prayed the court to end her 11-
year-old marriage with Olaifa on the grounds that the
defendant beats her regularly, burns her cloths and
victimises her.
She alleged that her husband was not a responsible
man and was in the habit of threatening her life.
Oluwaseyi urged the court to end the marriage so as to
be free from the defendant’s embarrassment and
provocation.
The plaintiff also prayed the court to grant her custody
of the third child of the marriage, while the first and
second children should be in the custody of the
defendant. Chief Mukaila Balogun, who presided over
the matter, dissolved the marriage and ordered that
only the first child should remain with the defendant.
Balogun, who placed the second and third children in
the custody of the plaintiff, also ordered the defendant
to pay N6,000 monthly maintenance allowance for the
two children.
