A mother of two, Mrs. Riskat Abdulsalam, on Thursday asked a Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her 12-year marriage to her husband, Taiwo Abdulsalam, alleging  battery.

Narrating her ordeal, Riskat, who lived in Bodija area of Ibadan, said that her husband had become so used to beating her to the extent that he rendered her incapacitated as she could no longer walk.

“Taiwo has subjected me to untold physical, psychological and emotional torture and the latest is the reason why I chose to part ways with him.

“After I left his home on September 8, 2017, he met me at Molete area where he violently pushed me into a ditch and I lost my two legs to that singular push.

“Medical doctors told me that I might never be able to use my legs to walk normally again and that is why I’m on crutches now.

“Taiwo beats me every now and then on simple matters and even starved the children and I of food.

“Whether he is responsible or not, I pray this honourable court to give me custody of the two children, because he has not got what it takes to cater for them,” Riskat said.

The respondent, who admitted the divorce suit, however, denied all the allegations leveled against him.

Taiwo, a businessman, said that his wife lacked patience, adding that she was the sole cause of her predicament.

“My lord, Riskat is not ready to endure with me in any bad situation. Whenever there was little or nothing, she came with her problems.

“However, I gave her more than enough anytime I was buoyant, including the children.

“In fact, I have pleaded with her over and over not to leave me, but Riskat said she preferred to be afflicted with tragedy than to come back to my house.

“I even invited some Islamic clerics to intervene, but she remained adamant,” Taiwo explained.

President of the court, Ademola Odunade, advised the couple to consider the implications of their action on their children by allowing peace to prevail.

Odunade adjourned the case till August 16 for judgment.

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