I was once at a Lagos court when a former Coca Cola Manager was dragged to court by his wife where she sought a dissolution of their 31-year-old marriage. Here was how i put it together back then:
He wants to kill
me so he can inherit all we worked for-Wife
A former Manager
at Coca Cola, a popular brand under the Nigeria Bottling Company (NBC), Mr.
Olawale Atanda Oguntoyinbo is presently, not experiencing the best of times as
his wife has dragged him before a Lagos court, asking for a
divorce.
In the divorce suit,
the woman, Mrs. Shola Oloruntoyin Oguntoyinbo appealed to the court to
dissolver her 31-year-old marriage.
Mrs. Oguntoyinbo
spilled the beans when she informed the court that her husband had allegedly
made several attempts to send her to an early grave. To underscore her claim,
she affirmed that her husband was obsessed with the evil thought of killing her
in order to inherit all they had both worked hard for.
She also lamented
the constant beating her husband always subjected her to. “The only thing I beg
of this honourable court to grant me this divorce. I want to divorce him
because for a very long time, he has been threatening my life to facilitate
undue inheritance. Must I be killed before my time? He’s also fond of
disgracing me publicly.”
Another factor
that triggered her decision to part ways with the man is the man’s alleged
stubbornness. “He doesn’t listen to any view different from his. He often takes
advantage of this and ends up battering me. He no longer cares about me.”
She nailed the
coffin by affirming that she was no longer in love with the man. “There’s no
such thing as love between us anymore,” she said.
In his reaction,
Mr. Oguntoyinbo told the court that contrary to his wife’s claim of brutality,
he was a complete gentleman. “I don’t beat her. Why should I? She’s the one who
always attacks me. We both own the property. Why would I want to kill a woman
who bore me four children? I have never maltreated her. She left the house some
weeks ago.”
He however noted
that one thing he found disturbing was his wife’s recent insistence to split
their property. “She insists on splitting our property while were still alive.
I keep assuring her that if I die today, she inherits everything yet she
refused. We own a lot of property including a school. We even used to work
together. I used to be a manager at Coca Cola (NBC). She had all the papers for
our property for 11 years but I now have them.”
The court president stated that both parties would be counseled by the
judges after the court session for possible reconciliation. The matter was
adjourned to a later date.
I really can't remember how this precise case ended because i always had to juggle so many divorce cases back then. What do you think we should do to this couple. Should we hug them both or should we throw a slap to one of the parties involved?
By Samod Biobaku
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