A housewife, Mariam AbdulLateef, has prayed the Area Court in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, to dissolve her marriage to her husband, Tajudeen AbdulLateef, over an alleged lack of sex.

Mariam told the court on Wednesday, January 8, 2025, that she got married to her husband in 2016 in accordance with Islamic law and that the marriage is blessed with a seven-year-old child.

She, however, lamented that Tajudeen stopped performing his responsibility about seven years ago and abandoned their matrimonial bed after she gave birth to their daughter.

“He does not even sleep in the same room nor touch me, and any time I ask for his attention, he tells me to leave his house whenever I am tired of the marriage,” the woman lamented.

Mariam pleaded with the court to dissolve the marriage, to enable her to remarry.

“My husband has been tormenting me with accusations of having extra marital affairs and yet did not touch me, which is affecting my state of mind,” she pleaded.

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On his part, the husband, however, told the court that he had health challenges and had been trying hard to cure the illness that caused his inability to satisfy his wife.

Tajudeen also told the court that he was not willing to divorce his wife, saying he still loved her dearly and appreciated her patience and perseverance.

The presiding judge, Hammad Ajumonbi, said sex is important in marriage, noting that any case of starvation of any party should not be taken with levity.

Ajumonbi, however, urged the wife to exercise more patience and encouraged the husband to try and settle the issue between them amicably.

The judge, therefore, adjourned the case until February 20, 2025, for the report of settlement.

The Star