Court Dissolves 13-Year Marriage After Man Threatened Wife With Acid

A Customary Court in Ibadan, has dissolved a 13-year marriage between Susan Udeze and her estranged husband, Frank on the grounds of an alleged threat to life.

Udeze while testifying told the court that her husband might “sniff life out of her if she continued to live under the same roof with him”.

“Frank labelled me a witch and sends me out of the house at night after beating the hell out of me.

“He showed no form of consolation when my mother died. He does not provide for our three children.

“I became more scared of Frank when he threatened to pour acid on me. I reported the incident at the police station and ran away from his house,” she said.

Delivering judgment, the court’s president, Mrs S.M. Akintayo, held that she dissolved the marriage in the interest of peace and order.

Akintayo awarded custody of the two children to Udeze and ordered Frank to pay N15,000 monthly as a feeding allowance.

The president of the court also granted the order restraining Frank from harassing, threatening and interfering with the private life of Udeze.

She ordered Udeze not to deny Frank access to the children.

However, the defendant was not in court when he was called to start his defence.