An Ibadan-based fashion designer, Opeyemi, on Wednesday, told a Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan that her husband of 13 years, Olawale, pushed her into having an affair with his nagging and threats. Testifying, Opeyemi, who resides in Olunde area in Ibadan, also told the court that Olawale beats her. At first, whenever men ask for my number, I give them my husband’s mobile phone number so that they will not approach me again. “When he got to know that I was dating another man, Olawale poured petrol on me with the intention to burn me alive but he couldn’t lay his hands on matches at that time, maybe I would have been dead by now. After the testimonies, Chief Ademola Odunade, the President of the court, dissolved the marriage citing threat to life as the reason.

Source: Punch January 08, 2020 10:18 UTC