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Divorce-Seeking Woman Accuses Husband of Wickedness, Poisoning Her Food
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A Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan, on Friday, dissolved a 21-year-old marriage at the instance of a caterer, Omotayo Kumunyi, on grounds of wickedness and domestic violence.
Kumunyi, a resident of the Osungbade area of Ibadan, lamented that her husband, Olatunde, does not cater for her and their four children.
She added that when the problem became too much for her to bear, she moved away with three of her children, while the second child remained behind.
“My lord, about five years ago, our third child confided in me that she usually saw her father pouring some black substance into my own food whenever I was not there.
“I was shocked by this piece of information and confronted him with the revelation.
“Subsequently, I invited him to eat part of the food, and he declined to taste it.
”As if that was not enough, Olatunde regularly turned our first child and me into a punching bag anywhere he came across us.
“I also beg the court to grant me custody of the children because Olatunde will not adequately take care of them,” Kumunyi said.
However, Olatunde did not react to most of the allegations leveled against him, though he acknowledged payment of dowry to his wife’s parents.
Olatunde, a resident of Number 2 Olatunde Street, Police Post at Challenge in Ibadan, who earned his living as a carpenter, gave a condition on the children’s upkeep.
He told the court that he would only be willing to pay N5,000 as the children’s monthly upkeep if the court refused to award him custody of the children.
“I want to take custody of the children because Kumunyi has the habit of maltreating the last two children.
“The second child with me had been going to school regularly,” Olatunde argued.
Delivering judgment, the court’s president, Mrs S.M. Akintayo, pronounced the marriage dissolved, stating that it was duly contracted judging from the evidence adduced by the duo.
Akintayo granted custody of the last three children to Kumunyi and directed Olatunde to pay a monthly feeding allowance of N20,000 for their monthly upkeep.
This was in addition to being responsible for their education and other welfare.
“The first child is 18 years of age, and because he is an adult by law, he has the right to choose whoever to live with between his two parents.
“However, the petitioner must allow the respondent reasonable access to the children,” she said.
The president of the court also granted an order restraining Olatunde from harassing, threatening, disturbing, and interfering with the private life of Kumunyi henceforth.
NAN
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Tijani Fatai, on Wednesday, led the Command’s Peace Walk in commemoration of International Youth Day 2026, themed “Different Contexts, Common Aspirations,” and the launch of the Campaign Against Political and Digital Thuggery.
A statement signed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abimbola Adebisi, noted that the initiative, in line with the vision and directive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, was aimed at strengthening police-community partnerships, and engage young people as key partners in promoting peace, security, and national development.
The Peace Walk brought together strategic collaborators and youth stakeholders, including representatives of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), NYSC, POCACOV, NANS, PCRC, NURTW, RTEAN, CRAN, and NAOSNP, as part of efforts to sensitise young people on the need to shun political and digital thuggery, drug abuse, cultism, and hooliganism, while promoting peace, responsible citizenship, and positive youth engagement.
The Presidency has blamed the deplorable condition of the Benin-Asaba Expressway on the failure of the contractor to act professionally.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, stated this during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily on Wednesday while reacting to the condition of the highway.
Dare said that while the road has been a difficult one that had transcended about three or four presidents, whatever palliative works the contractor carried out on the road were not professionally done.
He, however, said the incident should be treated as an isolated case and not be used to assess the state of road projects across the country.
The President’s aide spoke amid several complaints by motorists and commuters on the poor state of the road.
On Tuesday, the Minister of Works, David Umahi, inspected the Benin-Agbor-Asaba road in Edo State, where he also apologised to commuters over its current state.
The traffic gridlock along the Benin-Agbor Road has continued for days, leaving motorists, commuters and residents stranded for hours as the situation worsens.
The prolonged gridlock, which is being attributed to the deteriorated condition of the road and failed portions along the route, is disrupting commercial activities and making daily commuting increasingly difficult.
According to reports, motorists have continued to express frustration over the hours spent in traffic, saying the situation is taking a toll on their businesses, vehicles and daily activities.
One of the drivers lamented that the road has suffered years of neglect under successive governments, saying repeated calls for intervention have not produced a lasting solution.
He said the poor condition of the road, combined with the heavy volume of vehicles using the route, has made movement particularly difficult, with some motorists spending several hours on journeys that would ordinarily take a fraction of that time.
Residents along the route are also expressing concern over the impact of the gridlock, as the congestion is affecting the movement of people and goods and disrupting commercial activities in communities along the corridor.
The Chairman of Ikpoba-Okha Youth Association, Kingsley Osenmwingiewho, joined the call for urgent intervention, appealing to the Federal government to expedite repairs of the failed portions of the Benin-Asaba Road.
Osenmwingiewho particularly called for immediate attention to the Benin-Agbor Road bypass axis, where the condition of the road has become a major source of concern to motorists and residents.
He said rehabilitating the failed sections will not only ease the present gridlock but also improve the movement of people, goods and services along the busy Benin-Asaba corridor.
For motorists and residents who have continued to endure the daily traffic nightmare, the appeal is for authorities to move beyond temporary measures and begin urgent, lasting repairs of the road.
As the gridlock persists, road users are hoping that government intervention will come soon to restore normal traffic flow and relieve the pressure on commuters who have been stranded for hours.
