Oluwafemi had initiated divorce
proceedings against his wife on the ground
that for over a year that his wife was delivered
of their baby girl, he was denied access to
the child. "Her parents claim I do not have enough
sperm to make babies. "On our wedding day, they did not allow her
to sleep in my house. According to them, I
wasn't capable of handling the
responsibility of the child," he said. He added that he was not allowed to name
their child in his home as his in-laws insisted
that the child be named in their house. Oluwafemi added that he was only allowed to
name the child in his father's house after much
argument and immediately after the naming
ceremony, his wife's parents went away with
the child and he has not set eyes on her till
date. He told the court that the ridicule his in-laws
had subjected him to was enough to make
him deny the child's paternity. He, therefore, urged the court to dissolve their
marriage and further asked that his wife
return the wedding ring he gave her. In her defence, 29-year-old Ariyike informed
the court that her in-laws were evil which was
the reason their child was born at seven
months and 21 days. "When I gave birth to the child, it had no
eyelids, which means she was born
premature," she said. Ariyike further told the court that she could not
name her child Phoebe because that was the
name of her husband's girlfriend who died
some years back. She also alleged that her husband indulged in
smoking of Indian hemp and drinking of beer
and anytime she reported him to his parents,
they took sides with him. She agreed that the court separate them and
grant her custody of the child. The court president, Mr. Emmanuel Shokunle,
ordered that both couple should come back to
court with a common name for the baby that
would be written on the birth certificate. He
also ordered Ariyike to bring the child every
last Friday of the month to the court.
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