The six-year-old marriage between an Ibadan based Islamic cleric, Abdulrasheed Olalere, and his wife, Mariam, came to an end after a Mapo Customary Court dissolved the union.
The cleric’s wife, Mariam, filed the divorce suit, accusing her husband of an uncaring attitude.
But the Olalere countered, accusing Mariam of infidelity and a plot to run away with her lover.
”I caught Mariam in bed with another man when she was four months pregnant.
”I was angry with her but we settled the matter. The man also ‘lay’ claim to the baby. But after medical reports, revealed that the date given by the man proved him wrong about the date of the pregnancy, I accepted her back.
“After interventions from different people, things were working well until she started hanging with her lover again,” he said.
“My lord, I caught her trying to elope with that same man. Mariam is wayward,” Olalere said.
But Mariam argued that her husband was irresponsible and uncaring.
She, however, did not deny the allegation that she attempted to elope with her lover.
President of the court, Ademola Odunade, said the marriage was not built on a solid foundation of love and trust.
He then dissolved the union in the interest of peace.
He awarded custody of the child to Mariam and ordered Mr Olalere to pay N5,000 for the child’s monthly upkeep.