Husband seeks divorce, wife said to be pregnant for another man on HWN CHEATS

A middle-age man, Samson Musa, on Wednesday appealed to an Ojo Customary Court sitting in Lagos to end his three-year-old marriage to his wife because she is pregnant for another man.

The complainant who has been married to his wife identified as Tunrayo for three years is accusing her of infidelity.

Musa who claimed his wife’s six month pregnancy was not his said, “I can’t live with a woman that is promiscuous, sleeping around, troublesome and does not have any regard for me,” he said.

He further asked the court to grant him custody of their two-year-old son.

Tunrayo cannot take good care of our albino son,” he said.

The aggrieved man stressed that their son has been given so many names as a result of his wife’s promiscuous lifestyle at the motor park where she trades.

I can’t take it any longer,” he said.

While responding to the allegation by her husband, 38-year-old Tunrayo, appealed to the court not to consider Musa’s claim, stressing that he abandoned the family and was not providing well enough for her and the family.

She said, “My husband does not take care of me and that is why I find myself roaming the streets because of no accommodation.

I was even raped twice in a container while hawking water in sachet popularly known as `pure water.’ Yes, I cannot say who owns this pregnancy, but as for my son, I will not release him. After all, Musa did not pay any bride price on me.”

The court’s President, Chief Joseph Ogunmola, however cautioned Musa to go back and live up to his tasks as a responsible father and husband.

Ogunmola consequently directed that a test be carried out as that will put to rest the issue of ownership of the pregnancy.

He however adjourned the case till June 22.

[HWN/DAILYPOST]