» ‘'My Wife Is Lazy, Can't Cook, So Smelly & Dirty, I Can’t Sleep With Her’' «

A 55-year-old man, Elder Moses Ajuwa , has told a divorce
court that his wife's body odour has made it impossible for
him to continue sleeping with her and wanted the court to
dissolve his three-year-old marriage to his 30-year-old
wife, Hauwa, on that account.
Apart from the smelly body odour, Elder Ajuwa also told the
Grade A Customary Court sitting in Lagos State that his
wife is also lazy and has failed to fulfil her obligations as a
married woman and a disgrace to womanhood.
“I do not know why I must continue with this marriage. My
so called wife can’t cook or keep the home. She’s so lazy
and dirty I can’t even sleep with her; the only thing she
knows is to dress up and go to parties. I want a divorce.
I can’t continue with this marriage; it is better to be a
bachelor than stay married to this excuse of a woman. She
has failed at being a woman. I married her so she could
take care of me after my first wife died; this is the worst
mistake I ever made.
She can’t keep the home or cook. Every corner of our
house stinks and unless I sweep, she doesn’t. Our rooms
are filled with dirty laundry and I had to take my two
children from my late wife to her family for proper care
because I don’t want them in her care because she will
turn them to slaves.
She is so dirty that I can’t even sleep with her; I buy food
because our kitchen is too dirty to cook. Anytime I clean it
up, she messes the house up again.
She never stays at home, once she gets one clean cloth
and can dig her makeup out of the dung-hill she created in
the room and a corner of the sitting room, she’s off. She
rarely takes her bath. I have tried my best to make her
change without success. Please separate us,”
Elder Ajuwa told the court.
His wife, however, all the allegations levelled against her.
In her defence, she told the court that her husband does
not like her going out and is too autocratic.
“I am a small girl and he wants me to dress like an old
woman. That I’m married doesn’t mean I should act like a
dead woman. I want my marriage to work but my husband
needs to relax his stance.
His other allegation is in bad faith because I have told him
that the house is too big for me alone to maintain.”
The court has given the couple two months to see if they
can resolve their issues and adjourned the case.