A 33-year-old man, Mr. Oluwafemi Adebiyi and his wife, Ariyike, a few days ago took their marital differences before the Agege Grade A Customary Court in Lagos State.
Oluwafemi had initiated divorce proceedings against his wife on the ground that for over a year that his wife was delivered of their baby girl, he was denied access to the child.
“Her parents claim I do not have enough sperm to make babies.
“On our wedding day, they did not allow her to sleep in my house. According to them, I wasn’t capable of shouldering the responsibility of the child,” he said.
He added that he was not allowed to name their child in his home as his in-laws insisted that the child be named in their house.
Oluwafemi added that he was only allowed to name the child in his father’s house after much argument and immediately after the naming ceremony, his wife’s parents went away with the child and he has not set eyes on her till date.
He told the court that the ridicule his in-laws had subjected him to was enough to make him deny the child’s paternity.
He, therefore, urged the court to dissolve their marriage and further asked that his wife return the wedding ring he gave her.
In her defence, 29-year-old Ariyike informed the court that her in-laws were evil which was the reason their child was born at seven months and 21 days.
“When I gave birth to the child, it had no eyelids, which means she was born premature,” she said.
Ariyike further told the court that she could not name her child Phoebe because that was the name of her husband’s girlfriend who died some years back.
She also alleged that her husband indulged in smoking of Indian hemp and drinking of beer and anytime she reported him to his parents, they took sides with him.
She agreed that the court separate them and grant her custody of the child.
The court president, Mr. Emmanuel Shokunle, ordered that both couple should come back to court with a common name for the baby that would be written on the birth certificate. He also ordered Ariyike to bring the child every last Friday of the month to the court
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