{"id":123158,"date":"2024-07-05T20:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/my-wife-slaps-me-at-will-man-tells-court"},"modified":"2024-07-05T21:23:03","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T20:23:03","slug":"my-wife-slaps-me-at-will-man-tells-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/my-wife-slaps-me-at-will-man-tells-court","title":{"rendered":"My wife slaps me at will \u2013 Man tells court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>A vehicle spare-parts dealer, Olawale Idowu on Friday told a Grade A Customary Court at Mapo, Ibadan, to end his 13 years marriage to his estranged wife, Yemisi, on grounds of constant violence.<\/p>\n<p>Idowu, a resident of No. 25, Okeolode, in the Aremo area of Ibadan, lamented that he regretted marrying the woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy lord, in spite of my relentless endurance in our matrimony, Yemisi remained troublesome.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn fact, I abandoned the house to her on December 16, 2023 when she violently attacked me in the midnight.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYemisi slaps me and tears my clothes at will,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He said that when she was served a notice to appear before the court, she tore the summons and threw it at him.<\/p>\n<p>He tendered the torn clothes and the summons as exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the allegations levelled against her, Yemisi stated that she was convinced her husband abandoned her for another woman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is true that there was a midnight fight between both of us in December.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIdowu\u2019s mother was aware of all that took place, rather than resolve the matter amicably for us, she threatened to deal with me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy mother in-law called in the Police and I was arrested,\u201d Yemisi said.<\/p>\n<p>The court\u2019s President, Mrs S.M. Akintayo held that none of the evidence tendered before the court indicated that there was presentation of bride price, which was essential in the validity of a lawful customary marriage in Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p>Akintayo said that there was no marriage to be dissolved between Idowu and Yemisi because same never existed in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>Contrary to Idowu\u2019s prayers, the President of the court awarded custody of the three children in the union to Yemisi.<\/p>\n<p>She directed Yemisi never to deny Idowu access to the children in addition to being jointly responsible for their welfare, education and other necessities.<\/p>\n<p>Akintayo ordered them to go their separate ways from now on.<\/p>\n<p>She also granted the order restraining Yemisi from threatening, harassing, disturbing and interfering in Idowu\u2019s private life, henceforth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Nigeria Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. A vehicle spare-parts dealer, Olawale Idowu on Friday told a Grade A Customary Court at Mapo, Ibadan, to end his 13 years marriage to his estranged wife, Yemisi, on grounds of constant violence. Idowu, a resident of No. 25, Okeolode, in the Aremo area of Ibadan, lamented that he regretted marrying the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":123157,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[69,254],"class_list":["post-123158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-court","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>My wife slaps me at will \u2013 Man tells court - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A vehicle spare-parts dealer, Olawale Idowu on Friday told a Grade A Customary Court at Mapo, Ibadan, to end his 13 year ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/my-wife-slaps-me-at-will-man-tells-court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"My wife slaps me at will \u2013 Man tells court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A vehicle spare-parts dealer, Olawale Idowu on Friday told a Grade A Customary Court at Mapo, Ibadan, to end his 13 year ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/my-wife-slaps-me-at-will-man-tells-court\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-05T19:10:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-05T20:23:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sm_1720198065.09697.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1067\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/my-wife-slaps-me-at-will-man-tells-court#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/my-wife-slaps-me-at-will-man-tells-court\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"My wife slaps me at will \u2013 Man tells court\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-07-05T19:10:02+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-07-05T20:23:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/my-wife-slaps-me-at-will-man-tells-court\"},\"wordCount\":356,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/my-wife-slaps-me-at-will-man-tells-court#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2024\/07\/sm_1720198065.09697.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"court\",\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Community\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/my-wife-slaps-me-at-will-man-tells-court#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/my-wife-slaps-me-at-will-man-tells-court\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/my-wife-slaps-me-at-will-man-tells-court\",\"name\":\"My wife slaps me at will \u2013 Man tells court - 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