The reason i went on s*x strike was to punish my stubborn wife - Saheed Asimiyu

An Ibadan Customary Court was advanced on Friday by a s*x-starved housewife, whose name given as Sherifat Asimiyu. The woman begged the court bring to an end her marriage with Mr. Saheed Asimiyu, which has lasted for a decade.

According to her, aside starving her, the husband was always beating her up and biting her with his teeth each time there is a misunderstanding between the both of them. She said Mr. Saheed has refused to perform his conjugal duties for about 6 months now, and she could no longer hold herself.

“There is no doubt about his ability to provide food, money and other material things for me and the two children of the union but I am not satisfied with all these without s*x.

“He abandoned me deliberately, I cannot take it anymore because I am still young and I see no reason for his action.

“To make the issue worst, he was in the habit of beating and biting me whenever we have misunderstanding over minor issues.”

Confirming her claims, the husband, who is a motor spare parts dealer, self-confessed that he had starved his wife of s*x, as he was on “s*x strike” in the last one month, to punish the woman for her bad character.

According to Saheed, his action is to punish the complainant and make her to turn a new leaf. As he said his wife had been given several warnings not to have any friendship with bad friends, but had continuously ignored him.

Saheed also told the court that he would not prevent his wife from getting the divorce she asked for, “if that is what will make her satisfied”.

Chief Mukaila Balogun, the president of the court upheld the prayer of the woman and approved the dissolution of the marriage.

The judge ordered the defendant to be paying N6,000 to Sherifat as monthly allowance for the upkeep of their two children.