A
nursing mother, Mrs Glory Ojuala, has narrated how her husband, Alex
Ojuala, drugged her for three days in order to have sex with her a few
days after she was delivered of a baby at her matrimonial home in Lagos
State, western Nigeria.
The
mother of three children made the shocking revelation at Ejigbo
Customary Court in Lagos State on Monday while testifying before the
court following a petition she filed before the court for dissolution of
their 15-year marriage.
The
30-year old housewife claimed that two days after she gave birth to
their child, her husband started pestering her for sex in the presence
of her mother, who was on a visit.
Glory
told the court that she denied her husband sex because she was still
recovering from pangs childbirth and was breast feeding, but he accused
her of having extramarital affairs and cut the family’s daily feeding
allowance to N100 to punish her.
Glory
alleged that she did not know that her husband had an ulterior motive
when she gave her a soft drink while she was eating on the day her
husband drugged her.
The
nursing mother alleged that after she took the soft drink, she couldn’t
explain what happened afterwards until she was revived in a hospital
three days later.
She
said that she later knew that her husband drugged her to have sex with
her when he confessed that he did so because she was denying him sex and
was sleeping with other men.
She
told the court that after the incident she moved out of his house and
since then they have been living separately, while her husband abandoned
their children for her to take care of them alone.
The
embittered woman had petitioned the court seeking for the dissolution
of their 15-year marriage on the grounds that her husband was
threatening her life, did not take care of her and their children and
beat her, adding that she does not love him anymore.
Glory
narrated in court how Alex Ojuala, an indigene of Edo State, came to
her village in Eket in Akwa Ibom State and married her at a tender age.
She
said despite her age, she accepted to marry him against her family
wish, only to be maltreated by him after they started living together.
She
told the court that she believed that he charmed her to marry him and
her suspicion was confirmed when she started attending church.
Glory asked the court to compel Alex to take care of their children by providing for their upkeep and education.
In
response, Alex denied all the allegations made against him and said he
had been taking care of his family until trouble started.
Alex
said he used to give his wife N200 daily before leaving for work and
wondered how she would claim that he did not take care of her and their
children.
He
also said that he was no longer interested in the relationship and
asked the court to dissolve the marriage. He promised to provide N10,000
for the upkeep and education of the children.
The
president of the court, Mr T. A. Eko, queried Alex for abandoning the
responsibility of the training their children for his estranged wife to
shoulder and asked him to have a change of heart for the interest of the
children.
The matter was adjourned till March 2014.
Culled from PM News
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