MY HUSBAND FORCED ME TO HAVE 15 ABORTIONS – WOMAN TELLS COURT
A nurse, Shukurat Adewumi, on Monday, September 7th, 2020, pleaded with a customary court in Ibadan to dissolve her 17-year old marriage to to her husband, Adewale, on grounds that he forced her to have 15 abortions.
Shukurat, a mother of three, made the claim in her counter-argument before Chief Ademola Odunade, the court’s President.
She alleged that her husband, who denied the paternity of their three children, left her some years ago when he went to live with his concubine.
Shukurat revealed that he returned ill and she still took care of him.
She said he after recovering from the illness, he smashed the gas cylinder in the home on her forehead because she stopped him from taking it away.
“I fainted and was hospitalized, his parents and relatives are all aware of his evil against me.
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“Adewale has married two wives elsewhere,” Shukurat said.
In his earlier account, Adewale, a factory worker said that he filed the suit due to his wife’s constant threat to his life.
“Never did I know that she was a hooligan and street fighter when I got married to her.
“She has caused me so much embarrassment and I can no longer withstand it.
“I want custody of my children if she remarries,” Adewale stated.
Delivering judgment, Odunade who was represented by Alhaji Suleiman Apanpa dissolved the marriage in the interest of peace.
He awarded custody of the three children to Shukurat, and ordered the Adewale to pay N15, 000 as their monthly feeding allowance.
He also directed Adewale to be responsible for their education and other welfare.
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