A 51- year-old civil servant, Marcel
Oreweme has accused his wife, Faith, of
infidelity and urged an Iyana-Ipaja
Customary Court in Lagos, to dissolve their
marriage.
The petitioner said his marriage troubles
started in 2011 when he suspected his wife
of having extra marital affair with their
landlord.
“I had no evidence she was seeing the
landlord; I just noticed her ways weren’t
pure. Also, there was a day my wife left the
house around 5.30am on the pretext of
getting to work early. I was so curious that
I trailed her,” he said.
Oreweme said he sneaked inside the bus his
wife boarded with another man but they
never noticed.
“My wife sat in the front while the man
drove and I wondered what their plan was.
When they got to their destination, I came
down from the bus and sadly I received the
shocker of my life.
“My wife and her lover went into a
restaurant and immediately I entered, I
heard her introduce herself to his friends as
his wife. I was dumbfounded. I kept
wondering where, when and how we got
divorced. I don’t know if she doesn’t want
me anymore,” he said.
The father of three told the court that his
wife was fond of returning home late
without a feeling for their children.
“I cook for our children before she returns
from work. She is never available to cater
for us. Even when she is eventually around,
there is always disagreement. I can’t ever
forget how she hit my head with a rod
during our last argument,’ he added.
Mrs Oreweme denied the allegations,
saying: “During our last argument, my
husband beat me mercilessly till I became
unconscious. It was his friends that rushed
me to the hospital.”
She also said her husband abandoned her
in the hospital until her uncle defrayed her
medical bills and took her home.
“I never used a rod on him he was the one
who did. What I meant by introducing
myself as the man’s wife was because he
is from the same hometown as my
husband,” she said.
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