Kairat Jimoh , a middle aged woman
seeking a divorce from her husband,
Sefiu , at the Oshodi Customary Court sitting in Lagos, was in tears when she narrated how the man abandoned his family and moved in with his 18-year-old housemaid whom he rented a flat fro while she and her three children live in a one-room apartment.

Kairat told the court that the affair with the maid that has threatened their marriage of 17 years, kicked off when she traveled and the husband started
sleeping with the girl and on her return, the girl became insolent.

“Whenever I asked her to do a chore, she would look at me in the eye and tell me that she was tired. Whenever I threatened to take her back to our village, my husband would threaten to deal with me.

When I stood my grounds and sent her home, my husband threatened to kill me. My husband went behind my back and got accommodation for her three streets away from where we live.

He has become very wicked. He beats me up and would not stop until I get injuries. One night, he came back home drunk, got a knife and almost slit my throat.

I had to run out of the home to save my life. My life is endangered and as far as I’m concerned, this marriage can no longer stand because it has already broken down.

When I challenged him on why she should rent a flat for the girl while we live in a room, he told me he would chase me out of his house because I brought him bad luck.”

But Sefiu denied his wife's allegations, saying he only took the girl as his younger sister and would not try what his wife accused him of.

“I still love my wife. She should understand that men can change. But she should learn to be tolerant. I respect her and urge this court not to separate us.”

The President of the court, Mrs. R.I. Adetola, after hearing both parties, warned them to maintain the peace pending the determination of the suit which she adjourned till January 16, 2016, for further hearing.

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“I still love my wife. She should understand that men can change. But she should learn to be tolerant. I respect her and urge this court not to separate us.

lilmax:
When the maid takes the position of the wife

dsquare33:
Some women are funny, you have been married for 17 years and your maid is 18 years, she is already a full grown woman, at that time everything is set in the right propoption. Yoruba parlance will say o ti ba laga. Na so Sarah with Abraham problem start, Some women just like courting trouble, why not employ a smaller girl or an older maid or nanny , whom the husband will not find attractive. She said they started dating when she travelled, too bad. Probably she is not the type that has time to take care of her family. Women, never leave your home to the care of a maid no matter how 'ugly' or 'unattractive' the maid is.

cococandy:

Really?
What did you change into Oga?
You took the girl as your younger sister who has more value than your wife and kids.

dsquare33:
Some women are funny, you have been married for 17 years and your maid is 18 years, she is already a full grown woman, at that time everything is set in the right propoption. Yoruba parlance will say o ti ba laga. Na so Sarah with Abraham problem start, Some women just like courting trouble, why not employ a smaller girl or an older maid or nanny , whom the husband will not find attractive. She said they started dating when she travelled, too bad. Probably she is not the type that has time to take care of her family. Women, never leave your home to the care of a maid no matter how 'ugly' or 'unattractive' the maid is.

babygirlfl:
Thank goodness it's not igando magistrate court this time. even when the story looks igandoish.

Valeree:
this reminds me of a similar incident that happened with our neighbor in our street long ago, but in this case the maid went ahead to marry the madam first daughters fiancé.
it was discovered that anytime the fiance comes to look for the woman's daughter the maid answers the door and starts to chat/flirt with him until the young man fell in love with her and lost interest in the other lady.
it was like a joke until the young man asked her to move in with him and the rest was history. the family was so heartbroken... some people get mind shaa.

bukatyne:


The story is funnily sad.

The man took the maid as a sister kwa?

But again, this story is very igandoish sha...

1. A family lives with one room with three kids and have a maid?

2. Where does the maid sleep?

3. The husband can afford to rent a flat for his second wife yet cannot rent same for 1st wife and kids?

4. They have been married for 17yrs So will assume their kids are grown.... What the heck do they need a maid for? In a one room apartment? Except the maid is really a salesgirl who stays with them?

5. Why doesn't the husband want the divorce?

bukatyne:


The daughter is better off without that man to be honest.

When I challenged him on why she should rent a flat for the girl while we live in a room, he told me he would chase me out of his house because I brought him bad luck.”

enieme:
The made has prepared some vegetable soup with ogas brain

Valeree:
this reminds me of a similar incident that happened with our neighbor in our street long ago, but in this case the maid went ahead to marry the madam first daughters fiancé.
it was discovered that anytime the fiance comes to look for the woman's daughter the maid answers the door and starts to chat/flirt with him until the young man fell in love with her and lost interest in the other lady.
it was like a joke until the young man asked her to move in with him and the rest was history. the family was so heartbroken... some people get mind shaa.