A 42-year-old businesswoman, Oluwabunmi
Balogun, has told an Igando Customary
Court in Lagos that her husband, Rasak,
once attempted to rape their teenage
housekeeper.
Oluwabunmi made the disclosure when she
testified in a divorce petition filed by her
husband on Thursday.
She accused her husband of being a flirt,
saying, “my husband attempted to rape my
teenage housekeeper.
“When I went for a vigil, my 12-year-old
housekeeper rushed to meet me in the
church at about 12 a.m. half naked, telling
me that my husband wanted to rape her.
“She stayed with me through the vigil and
the following morning, I took the girl to my
husband’s room to have her repeat herself
in his presence.’’
The housekeeper said that the petitioner
came into her room, snatched her wrapper
and attempted to rape her but she
escaped.
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Oluwabunmi said that her husband sent
the housekeeper packing after the
confrontation, adding that “I also caught
him and my friend’s younger sister coming
out of a hotel’’.
She also alleged that Rasak was dating a
single mother on their street and that he
packed out from his house the same day
the other woman packed out of hers.
“My husband packed out of the house he
built to an unknown destination,
abandoning me and our children.
“He moved out with a lady he was dating
on our street to rent an apartment
elsewhere.’’
The mother of three, however, pleaded
with the court not to grant her husband’s
wish for dissolution, saying that she was
still in love with him.
Rasak, a 51-year-old accountant, had urged
the court to dissolve his 13-year-old
marriage to Oluwabunmi for alleged sex
starvation.
“Whenever we have misunderstanding, my
wife will deny me sex and food; and for the
past six months now, she had refused me
to make love to her,” he said.
He said that Oluwabunmi was fond of
accusing him of infidelity, adding that “my
wife always accused me of dating any
woman she sees in my car.
“She once trailed me to a place, stopped
my car, dragged the woman out of my car
and she gave her the beating of her life.
“She also beat up one of our tenants,
accusing her of having an affair with me.
“Because of her behaviour, I ordered her to
leave my house and when she refused, I
packed out from the house,” Rasak said.
Rasak, therefore, urged the court to
dissolve his marriage, saying that he was
sick and tired of the marriage and that the
love he once had for her had faded.
The President of the court, Mr Adegboyega
Omilola, thereafter adjourned the case till
July 26 for judgment.
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