The Court President, Mr. Olayinka Owoade, dissolved the marriage and [b]awarded custody of their first son, Sunday, 12, to Okodu[/b]wa.

He also directed Olorunfemi to take care of their two other sons, Victor, 10 and Sylvester, 8.

mama-gee:

The Bed-wetting Spouse's one is funny.

snowdrops:

Why? You dey bed wet?

aloy-emeka:

Thursday, April 15, 2010
[size=14pt]Ibadan: Civil servant dumps bed-wetting spouse[/size]

Agency reporter


A civil servant, Kehinde Olorunfemi, has had her 14-year-old marriage to a fridge repairer, Lucky Okoduwa, dissolved by an Ibadan Grade 'C' Customary Court on the grounds that he bed-wets when drunk, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.



tribal biased




Olorunfemi, who filed for the divorce, told the court that whenever Okoduwa got drunk, he often threatened to kill her and thereafter ran to his village.

She said that her husband once beat her to the point that she was admitted at a clinic.

She added that while she was there, he got the police to arrest her for an offence she did not commit.

But Okoduwa was not in court in spite of being served two separate summons.

The Court President, Mr. Olayinka Owoade, dissolved the marriage and awarded custody of their first son, Sunday, 12, to Okoduwa.

He also directed Olorunfemi to take care of their two other sons, Victor, 10 and Sylvester, 8.

http://odili.net/news/source/2010/apr/15/835.html

aloy-emeka:

How can the court award custody to a useless man who neither cared to file for custody nor show up in court?   

eros:

It's surprising that women in Ibadan especially are beginning to divorce their husbands. Most of these stories are aired on the news every now and then in Ibadan. Well, i guess it good for the men, compared to being killed like the Edo women would do to their husbands. That is why Benin city is famous for having Landladies and very few landlords.

I believe Yoruba women are light years ahead of the other southern women when it comes to leaving an irresponsible husband

Divorce rate in Igbo land is very very low compared to the south west.

0hsisi:

How come it took her 2 years to notice her husband's wetin call was small?

dominique:

she kept hoping it would get bigger she for wait a bit longer naa

I equally went as far as going the traditional way, making concoctions but it was the same old story. What else am I waiting for in the marriage but to opt out gracefully,” she told the court.

dominique:

she kept hoping it would get bigger she for wait a bit longer naa

0hsisi:

I am an Igbo woman and I have this observation to make.
I believe Yoruba women are light years ahead of the other southern women when it comes to leaving an irresponsible husband.
I am all for marriage,don't get me wrong.
I advocate marriage but in cases where it just isn't working out,a woman ought to leave with her mental state intact than die or run mad trying to lead a dead horse.
Divorce rate in Igbo land is very very low compared to the south west.
Doesn't necessarily mean that Igbo marriages are happier.
Yoruba women are so empowered that they would not put up with drunkards and dead beats.
This is one thing I believe other women ought to learn from them.
There should be a limit any woman can take.
The rate of wife beatings would drastically reduce when these abusive men know the woman will not put up with it and that the courts can grant her full custody of her children.

pres-elect:

hmmn, osisi at it again. have u asked if the apparently lower divorce rate among igbos is due to lower rate of wife battery? or perhaps igbo couples believe that no matter what, children are served better with both parents living under the same roof. biko take am easy joo. no one likes divorce, but ask a divorce rusty judge and he/she will tell you that it's better to discourage divorce b/c there have been cases where couples feel like killing each other only for them to make up for it at a later date. in a marriage, always try a second chance. as long as life is not at risk, it should be given another chance. if the man is beating the woman then it should be ended immediately and the man locked up, but small manhood? jeez!!!!!

0hsisi:

I am an Igbo woman and I have this observation to make.
I believe Yoruba women are light years ahead of the other southern women when it comes to leaving an irresponsible husband.
I am all for marriage,don't get me wrong.
I advocate marriage but in cases where it just isn't working out,a woman ought to leave with her mental state intact than die or run mad trying to lead a dead horse.
Divorce rate in Igbo land is very very low compared to the south west.
Doesn't necessarily mean that Igbo marriages are happier.
Yoruba women are so empowered that they would not put up with drunkards and dead beats.
This is one thing I believe other women ought to learn from them.
There should be a limit any woman can take.
The rate of wife beatings would drastically reduce when these abusive men know the woman will not put up with it and that the courts can grant her full custody of her children.