“My wife has turned my boxers to rags as she
always tear them to rape me,” a retired soldier,
Gafaru Rodoye, told an Igando Customary court in
Lagos.
He told the court on Tuesday that his wife, Idiat,
with whom he had five children in their 20-year old
marriage, always raped him.
“My wife always rape me; she had turned all my
boxers to rags to achieve her selfish aim,” he said.
The petitioner said his wife was in the habit of
threatening his life through beating and that he was
afraid she might kill him one day.
“I had to run away from my 16-flat building to rent
an apartment elsewhere just to avoid her frequent
beatings, but she trailed me to my new apartment
to fight me.
“I have reported her several times to different police
stations, but it did not yield any positive result,” he
said.
Gafaru said his wife poured hot water on the new
wife that was brought for him from the village by
his family.
He begged the court to end their 20-year old
marriage, saying he was no longer in love as his life
was in danger.
“Please, separate us before my wife kills me, my life
is not safe with her, I am a pensioner, I need to
enjoy the fruit of my labour.” he said.
However, Idiat Rodoye, 44, business woman, denied
all the allegations, saying her husband was a
womaniser.
“My husband runs after anything in skirt; he
always send me packing from the house whenever
he wants to bring in another woman.
“He once sent me out with the children for three
years.
“After sending me out, he married six different
women, but none stayed long with him. He will
always come back to beg me to pack back,’’ she
said.
The mother of five said she never raped her
husband, that it was normal for husband and wife
to make love.
The respondent said she did not beat her husband,
but it was her husband that was always beating her.
Idiat said her husband removed the plasma
television, air conditioner and disconnected the
electricity supply from her flat, leaving her and the
children in darkness.
She urged the court to grant her husband’s wish
that she too was tired of the marriage and no longer
in love.
The Court President, Adegboyega Omilola, adjourned
the case to April 5 for further hearing. (NAN)
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