A 77-year-old retired engineer has pleaded with an Agboyi-Ketu Customary Court in Lagos to dissolve his 23-year-old marriage, alleging that his wife often starved him of sex.
The septuagenarian, Mr. Kola Fagbule, told the court that his 51-yearold wife, Beatrice, always denied him sex anytime he demanded for it.
“She always starves me of sex whenever I am in the mood and I don’t want to have prostate cancer. At my age, I am supposed to be enjoying sex now and not when I am gone; I don’t want to die before my time,” he told the court.
Fagbule also accused Beatrice, who is a principal of a school, of being uncaring, adding that there was no more love between them.
“I am tired of her and I don’t love her anymore,” he said.
The septuagenarian pleaded that the court should dissolve the strained union, saying that he could no longer tolerate Beatrice’s conduct.
The respondent, Beatrice, did not deny the allegations but told the court that her husband was a womaniser, “party-going guy” in addition to being jobless. She also asked the court to dissolve the union, which had produced a child, who is an undergraduate in a university.
The Court President, Mr. O. T. Williams, adjourned the case for a “review of facts of the matter”.
