October 31, (THEWILL) – A married man, Adeleke Mejigbedu, has filed a divorce suit against his wife, Deborah Mejigbedu, at a Customary Court, sitting in Ake, Abeokuta, Ogun State, for refusing to cook for him for the past two years.
Adeleke in a suit number: C/218/2021, told the court that his wife of 20 years had stopped cooking for him because he refused to quit smoking marijuana and drinking alcohol.
The father of four, who appealed to the court to help him beg his wife to change for better, insisted that his wife had no right to stop him from smoking and drinking alcohol.
Describing his wife as the ‘love of his life’ and appreciating her for standing by him in difficult times, he said her troublesome behaviour had been the reason he was always scared of going home early.
Adeleke, who said he wanted to divorce his wife on the ground of provocation, frequent fighting, lack of peace, threat to life and her troublesome behaviour, said he had reported the matter to her family but to no avail.
He said: “It is now two years since my wife cooked for me at home. She has been fighting me because i smoke marijuana and drink alcohol.
“Please help me beg her to calm down. She is the love of my life and she stood by me in the time of trouble. All I can say is that she can’t stop me from smoking, but help me tell her to calm down and take things easy,” he added.
In her defense, Deborah said that her husband lied against her for saying that she had not cooked for him for the past two years.
“I can’t just stand his smoking behaviour any more, he even drinks alcohol, i am only staying in my marriage because of my children because i don’t want them to suffer,” the woman said.
The President of the court, Mrs A.O Abimbola said she would give both parties time to call on their parents for the settlement of the matter.
She, therefore, adjourned the case to December 20.
