The petitioner said her husband came home at a time to sprinkle something that looked like blood all over
the house, adding that she worked as a clerical officer in her husband’s hospital.
She said: “I used to package melon to sell in neighbouring markets but since my husband didn’t like the
idea, he employed me in his hospital. There was a day I took N300 to take passport photograph, he
shouted at me in the presence of his children and I felt humiliated. I was more shocked when he made
sure I refunded the money.”
She is seeking an accommodation from him as compensation if her petiton is granted.
Husband speaks
Patrick said he married her because he heard a pathetic story about her, adding: “I asked if she had any
evil spirit or medical problems which didn’t make her conceive during her two previous marriages but she
said no; then I married her.”
The respondent, a doctor, said after their marriage, he discovered that three minutes after making love to
her, he got a knock on his head.
“Not only did I get a knock, whenever I had the intention of sleeping with her, I would discover rashes on
my manhood or my manhood would be twisted. At times, I would not get erection or my sperm ceases.
Since then, I became afraid of everything,” Arapogun said.
He said his hospital crumbled after his wife began to work with him, adding that she stole money on
several occasions.
“When we lived together, there were times my wife left the bedroom and returned in the morning without
any explanation. Our union is bad omen. I have suffered from swollen legs, slight stroke and it was when I
realised my wife defecates in the bucket I used to bathe that I decided to leave with my children because I
was not ready to die young and I don’t know what was going to happen next,” he said. The couple has no
issue.
