"My
husband is a pathological liar, 10 years after our marriage I discovered
that the woman he called his cousin and her children were his wife and
children.
My
husband lied that he was going to Abuja
for a training programme.
I
was surprised when I was told that he now lives in Mushin in a police woman's
house," embattled housewife, Rashidat Adeniyi, told an Agege-Orile, Lagos
customary court.
The
husband, Toyin Adeniyi, 50, denied the allegations. Toyin, an engineer, said,
"Because I am a handsome man, ladies fall for me, so it can be one of the
strategies to cause quarrels between us that she heard those lies.
"I
left the house because I owed a year rent and I told my wife that I would come
for her and the children when I am back on my feet," he said.
Rashidat
pleaded with the court to dissolve her 19-year-old marriage over two years
desertion by her husband.
The
33-year-old computer analyst, who lives at 33, Alaramimo Street, Orile-Agege,
told the court that her husband left the house two years ago for a police
woman’s house.
She
told the court that it was after ten years of marriage that she knew that her
husband had a wife and children before she married him.
The
mother of three asked the court to dissolve the marriage and grant her the
custody of the children.
Meanwhile,
the husband said he still loved his wife, and not in support of the
dissolution.
"Since
I am the busy type, anytime I left the house, my wife always thought otherwise.
I
haven't told anyone that I am a widower," he stated. Toyin explained that
the police woman the wife was referring to was just a friend.
The
court President, Mr Joseph Adewusi, told the couple to maintain the peace and
adjourned the case to July 22nd for judgment.
