Man Beats Up Wife In Court ‘For Committing Adultery’
A Lagos man descended on his wife and beat her up in the premises of Ikeja
Magistrate during court proceedings for the couple to be divorced.
Olufemi Ogbiyele who appeared along with his wife, Bola at the Ikeja Magistrate court assaulted her wife within the court building.
According to reports, the man was angered over the fact that his wife
committed adultery while they were still married.
Though there were pleas by family members that the matter be resolved out
of court, but the man refused all pleas resolve his differences with his
wife amicably and out of court.
The Tribune reports:
Olufemi instead grabbed his wife, descended on her and dealt blows on her
to the surprise of everyone present.
Reacting to the incident, counsel to the wife, Mr Shittu Oladeyinde,
said, “I’m aware that a friend called them to settle their differences out
of court. This appeal infuriated Olufemi who flared up, pounced on his
wife and beat her up.’’
According to Oladeyinde, “the couple’s problem started on February 11,
2013 when the woman locked herself up in the children’s room after her
husband had beaten her. She later left for her mother’s house.”
The counsel further disclosed that “another lawyer, Mr Taiwo and a pastor
met with the husband, asking him to resolve the matter amicably. Olufemi
agreed to do so on the condition that his wife stopped working, but Bola
objected to this.
“It was after this meeting that he sent a text message to his wife,
asking her to prepare her lawyers for a divorce,” he said.
While giving his side of the story, Olufemi told the court that his wife
slept with different men when she traveled to the United Kingdom in March
2012.
He further stated that on February 12, 2013, she slapped him when he
accused her of stealing his property and even sought the help of one of
her lovers who 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
didn’t abscond from her matrimonial home on September 1, she rather ran
for her dear life when the husband wanted to kill her by hitting her with
an iron belt.
“Olufemi is frivolous and temperamental. And these he has shown by
abusing court proceedings,” he added.
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