My wife beats me, she attacks my manhood- Man cries out

Ayoade has begged an Alimosho customary
court to dissolve his five-year-old marriage
to his wife Deborah Oriade.
The 42-year-old man told the court sitting in
Lagos he craved dissolution of his marriage
for fear of his life.
Ayoade cited his wife’s alleged brutality and
maltreatment as core reason for his petition.
He narrated to the court how his wife had
taken on the habit of beating him at will,
saying she had beaten more than 10 times,
even in public.
According to Ayoade, on one occasion, Oriade
attacked his manhood until it started
bleeding and not yet done, she dashed into
the kitchen, brought ground pepper and
poured it on his bleeding penis.
“I didn’t marry her legally. In fact, I’m
married. I have my first wife. Deborah and I
were only dating. We met at the Sawmill
where we both sell building materials. She
always comes to my shop to complain to me
about her former husband. It was in that
process I developed interest in her.”
Ayoade further informed that two years into
their relationship, Oriade came to tell him that
she was pregnant but that he rejected the
pregnancy because before they started having
sex, he had already told her that he didn’t
want any kid, especially not out of wedlock
and she had agreed to the proposal.
“Moreover, I still love my legal wife. When
Deborah delivered the baby, she named him
Emmanuel. I was not aware. After the
naming ceremony, she started behaving
strangely.
Some of my friends advised me to report the
matter at the palace of Elegbeda, where I
was asked to cater for the upkeep of the
baby. I have been doing that since last year.”
Pulse reports that after the traditional ruler
ordered Ayoade to take up the responsibility
of the child, he allegedly did.
Ayoade however notes that all he did was
not satisfactory to his wife.
“One fateful day, she came to my house and
pounced on my house wife. She beat her
mercilessly. The matter was reported to the
police and later transferred to the State
Criminal Investigative Department (SCID),
Panti, Yaba, for threatening the life of my
family member.
Since I met her, I have not known peace. If I
had known that is the kind of woman she is,
I wouldn’t have approached her. I have
developed hypertension since we started this
clash.
Even in my matrimonial home, I don’t have
peace. I can’t concentrate anymore on my
business. It was after I met her I knew she is
from Ilesha. I have been advised by my
father not to marry any woman from that
part of the country.”
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Sharing her side of the story, Oriade, a
mother of three, denied the allegations
leveled against her by Ayoade, saying she
loves him and would not want to leave him
because of the child they have together.
“I love him. I don’t want to leave him
because he is the father of my son. He is the
one who came to file for divorce in the court.
If not because of the problem I had with my
former husband, I wouldn’t have come across
him. I had two children in my former
marriage.
When the problem between me and my
former husband was still raging, I always
confided in Ayoade, it was in the process that
we fell in love and got married.
The marriage produced a baby boy. Before
my son came, I had two abortions for
Ayoade.
My problem with him is that he doesn’t want
to recognize my son as one of his children.
This is why I went to his house and
introduced myself to his wife.” Adding: “I
didn’t fight her.”
The President of the court, Alhaja S O Mumini
, told the couple that a DNA test will be
conducted to know the real father. She noted
that the test was necessary because the
rightful father of the baby was in doubt.
Alhaja Mumini adjourned the case to
Teusday, March 15, 2016.