A businessman, Kehinde Balogun, on Friday, told a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to put an end to his 14-year-old marriage with his estranged wife, Stella, on the ground of adultery.

Mr Balogun, a father of three, said with regret that he would not have exchanged marital vows with her if he had known that Ms Stella would bring him such future embarrassment.

“My lord, I became completely frustrated when I found out that Stella was having extramarital affairs with my plumber, and I made her realise this. Then she decided to move out of my house, packing my belongings with her and abandoning our three children,” Mr Balogun said.

During cross-examination, the petitioner said that his wife did not catch him on their matrimonial bed with any woman.

He also denied sending her photographs to anybody.

However, the estranged spouse denied any wrongdoing, stating that one of her friends had told lies about her.

“That friend of mine had told Balogun that I’ve been sleeping around and he consequently began to react to me negatively. He turned me into a punching bag and stopped sleeping in the house.

“Later on, Balogun started sending my photographs to his woman friend. My lord, he has remarried with my three children in his care, and they are not properly catered for,” she told the court.

Delivering judgment, the court’s president, S.M. Akintayo, pronounced the marriage dissolved on the ground that the couple were no longer willing to continue with the union.

Ms Akintayo granted the order restraining Ms Stella from harassing, disturbing, threatening and interfering with Mr Balogun’s private life henceforth.

(NAN)