I am ready for the refund of the bride price of N10,000 I paid,” he said.

A 4-year old highly troubled marriage between one Sidikat Oseni, 28 and her husband, Waheed Oseni has finally ended following the ruling of an Ikorodu Customary court which held in Lagos state on Thursday, 26th of August. The court dissolved the marriage on the grounds of lack of trust and ill-treatment by the husband.

Sidikat Oseni who is a mother of two prayed the President of the court in the person of Mr.Olu Adebiyi to terminate their marital union following her husband's frequent habit of checking her private part to ascertain if she slept with another man in the event of any act of late coming.

All efforts to mediate in the conflict between the couple failed as they both mutually agreed to part ways.

           
Adebiyi ordered that the respondent should be allowed free access to his children at any reasonable time of the day and in a peaceful manner. The court president also held that the children would be living with the petitioner, saying she was in a better position to nurture them as it were.

He ordered the respondent to be paying N10,000 monthly for their feeding and settled their school bills. The housewife had urged the court to dissolve her marriage to her husband , citing lack of trust and physical abuse at the slightest provocation.

" Anytime I come back home late, my husband accuses me of infidelity, he beats me and tears my cloth , it is our neighbours that usually cover my unclothedness.

"He also inspects my private part, he usually asks me to open my vagina to see if I have gone to sleep with other men.

"I have reported him to his family but he refused to desist from this maltreatment, for this reasons I don’t want to continue with the marriage again,’’ Sidikat said.

However, the 50-year-old husband and a businessman did not object to his wife’s claims but begged the court to grant him the custody of his children.

" My wife is disrespectful, she does not listen to my words, she also comes home late and was preparing my meals late. I am fed up with the marriage too, separate us ," he told the court.

There has been tension in the Oke Afa, Magboro area of Ogun State after a woman, Edeth Favour, was stabbed to death by her lover during an altercation. The man, who residents could not identify by name, has reportedly fled the area.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the incident, which occurred on Tuesday, had caused panic as policemen continually raided youths in the area in a bid to get the runaway lover. It was gathered that Favour, at about 7am on Tuesday, had an argument with her lover in her rented apartment. It was learnt that the lover, during the altercation, stabbed Favour in the stomach and fled from the house.

Neighbours, who later saw the victim in a helpless condition, were said to have alerted the policemen from the Ibafo Police Division, who visited the area. But the killer had fled. It was gathered that Favour, a mother of one, was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was confirmed dead. Speaking with PUNCH Metro, one of the deceased’s former in-laws, who identified herself simply as Rose, said the woman’s child had been taken to Akwa Ibom for proper care.

She said, “I don’t know the name of the lover, but they had been together for about three years. She was married to my younger brother initially, and she gave birth to a boy for him. Later, the two of them separated.“She used to work in a cosmetics factory in this area before the incident. I was called on the telephone on Tuesday morning that the man had stabbed her to death. We have taken her only child to our village in Akwa Ibom.”When our correspondent visited the deceased’s rented apartment, every room was locked as the occupants were said to have fled the house as a result of police raids. It was learnt that the area, which was reportedly dominated by cultists, was notorious for street fights and violence. The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed the incident.

He added that the matter had been transferred to the State Department of Criminal Investigation, Abeokuta, where the police were intensifying efforts to arrest the suspect.He said, “Yes, we have a case of a boyfriend stabbing his lover to death. He is on the run, but we will surely get him and bring him to book.“The case has also been transferred to the SDCI, Abeokuta, for further investigation.”

Police officers in Ondo State have discovered the decomposing body of a 33 year old man, Gbenga Ogundana; he reportedly committed suicide over loss of his job. The body was discovered in his rented apartment located at Orisunmbare Street, Cultural Centre, Akure, four days after he allegedly poisoned himself.

Neighbours of the deceased had earlier reported to his elder brother, Segun, that the whereabouts of his brother was unknown.

           

Reports had it that his elder brother, called the deceased’s phone line without success. On arrival at the house, Segun discovered that the doors and window of his brother’s room were locked from within.

He and other neighbours, went to the police station and with the help of detectives, the door was forced open and the decomposing corpse discovered on the bed. The remains were later evacuated and deposited in the general hospital morgue by the police detectives for post-mortem examination

The Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, CIID, of the state police command was currently working to unravel the mystery surrounding his death.

A police source said that findings so far suggested that the deceased might have poisoned himself, having lost his job a few weeks ago.