An Igando Customary Court in Lagos on Friday reconciled a couple, Mr Olawale Jaiyeola and his wife, Olatayo, whose 28-year marriage was on the brink of collapse. The court’s President, Mr Akin Akinniyi, resolved the differences between the estranged couple after several adjournments and interventions. Mr Jaiyeola had earlier told the court that his wife, Olatayo, was fond of beating him like a baby. “My wife will beat me to death one day if I continue with the marriage. “I have scars all over my body as proofs of her abuse. I have been living every minute of my life in fear. Save me from the cruel hands of my wife. “I had suffered so much from her in silence in the past. Anytime we had misunderstanding, she would beat the hell out of me,” he said. According to him, the marriage has been turbulent and fraught with fights and quarrels. “I have not been at peace since l married my wife; she is so quarrelsome. “I brought her to court in 2013 for the dissolution of the ma...
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