It was a
shocking revelation at the Isolo Customary Court in Lagos, where 86-year old
Nweke Robinson Ugo, divorced his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Umera Ugo, for denying him
of sex and food.
Mr. Ugo
consequently eloped with their house maid, abandoning Beatrice , a 70-year old
retired school teacher in their matrimonial home.
Pa Ugo had
filed a divorce suit before the Isolo Customary Court in Lagos, southwest
Nigeria, claiming cruelty, adultery and that love no longer existed in the
relationship that produced four children, the eldest two daughters age 49 and
47 respectively now residing in the United States of America.
The
petitioner alleged that the respondent denied him sex and food and he was
eating food he bought from hawkers which was not good for his health, at his
age.
Because he
was maltreated by Beatrice, Pa Ugo said he was forced to abandon their
residence at 23, Osholake Street, Mafoluku, Ajao Estate, Lagos for their second
property located at 4, Madola Street, Ajao Estate, Anthony Village, Lagos.
He said the
respondent denied him sex and became adulterous, that she was sleeping with
different men and she was even comparing his sexual ability with those of her
illegal lovers.
However, in
her evidence before the court, Mrs. Beatrice Ugo, who retired as a teacher in
the service of Lagos State government, stated that they got married at St.
Michael Catholic Church, Tamandu Barracks, Apapa, Lagos in 1964.
The
septuagenarian woman said things fell apart in the family when the couple
agreed to abstain from sex because of their son that was suffering from mental
illness.
But when they
decided to resume sexual intercourse, their housemaid, Miss Nora Akpokinovo had
snatched her husband.
She explained
that while her husband denied her sex, he was always inside his room with the
housemaid. This she said made the girl who joined them when she was just 14
years to become arrogant and she disobeyed her at will.
The
respondent claimed her husband beat her up sometime in 1999 because of a
quarrel with the housemaid.
Mrs. Ugo
urged the court to dissolve the marriage since her husband had deserted her for
over seven years when he eloped to their second house with the housemaid, Nora.
She urged the
court to divide their property and give her half and also to order Pa Ugo to
pay her N20,000 monthly for the treatment to their ailing son.
The Acting
Court President, Mr. A.A.A. Haastrup in his judgement said the marriage has
broken down irretrievably as both parties have admitted adultery and lack of
love has separated them.
The court
noted that the housemaid, Nora, who was in court as the only witness in the
case, was not a witness of truth.
She once told
the court she was a virgin and also narrated the sexual capability of Pa Ugo
which confirmed their amorous relationship.
However, the
court refused other pleas by Mrs. Ugo and advised both parties to file a case
in the High Court on the properties they jointly own.
—Moyo Fabiyi
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