Adeyinka
Adelakun, a middle aged man in Ibadan, on Thursday narrated how his wife,
Kafayat, poured boiling water on his manhood which led to serious body injury.
He had
approached an Idi-Ogungun Customary Court at Agodi in Ibadan seeking the
dissolution of his three-year-old marriage to his wife on grounds of threat to
life and constant fighting.
He also prayed
the court to allow him have in his custody the two-year –old child of the
marriage so that he could effectively take care of the child.
According to
the husband, Kafayat is in the habit of fighting him and threatening him
whenever they have domestic issues to resolve.
“On February
27, 2016, she started her trouble as usual and I decided to call her mother on
phone to caution her, but Kafayat brought a kettle of hot water from the
kitchen and poured it on my genitals and chest.
“The pain was
too much, I was rushed to hospital due to the severe injuries I sustained. I
stayed in the hospital for months.
“Even I cannot
use my injured manhood for any s*xual act till now because it has not healed
and I decided to quit the marriage to avoid untimely death.
“Am afraid of
living with a woman that wanted to finish my manhood because she may do more
harm if I continue to allow her in my life, “ he said.
Adelakun
presented pictures of his injured genitals as exhibits to prove his case and
the court admitted the pictures.
In her
defense, Kafayat admitted the allegation, but claimed that it was not
intentional. She said the hot water just mistakenly poured on her husband.
Kafayat begged
the court to plead with her husband, saying she still loved her husband.
But the Court
President, Chief Mukaila Balogun, and 2 assessors, Aare Samotu and Ganiyu Alao,
in their unanimous decision, dissolved the marriage.
Balogun said
the opinion of the court was that there was no more love between the couple and
the parties should go their separate ways to avoid more damage.
The court
further directed that the only child of the union should be in the custody of
her mother and ordered the plaintiff to pay N4,000 as monthly allowance for the
upkeep of the child.
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