It was a shocking revelation at the Isolo Customary Court in Lagos, where 86-year old Nweke Robinson Ugo, divorced his wife, Mrs. Beatrice Umera Ugo, for denying him of sex and food.
DailyPost gathered that the grandfather abandoned his 70-year old wife, a retired school teacher in their matrimonial home and eloped with their housemaid, Miss Nora Akpokinovo.
Pa Ugo had filed a divorce suit before the Isolo Customary Court in Lagos, claiming cruelty, adultery and that love no longer existed in the relationship that had already produced four children, and the eldest two daughters are now 49 and 47 years of age respectively.
Ugo had made a case that his wife denied him sex and food and he now feeds on food purchased from vendors which, according to him was dangerous to his health.
Mr. Ugo revealed that he was forced to abandon their residence at 23, Osholake Street, Mafoluku, Ajao Estate, Lagos for their second property located at 4, Madola Street, Ajao Estate, Anthony Village, Lagos since his wife continuously met cruelty on him.
He added that his wife became adulterous, having an affair with numerous men and was even comparing his sexual strength with her illegal men.
However, while responding to the allegations levelled against her, Mrs. Beatrice Ugo, who retired as a teacher in the service of Lagos State government, stated that they got married at St. Michaels Catholic Church, Tamandu Barracks, Apapa, Lagos in 1964.
She stated that trouble started in the family when the couple agreed to abstain from sex due to their son’s mental illness.
The septuagenarian said by the time they decided to resume sexual intercourse, their housemaid, Miss Nora Akpokinovo had snatched her husband and had been warming his bed.
She explained that while her husband denied her sex, he was always inside his room with the housemaid. This, she said made the girl who joined them when she was just 14 years to become arrogant.
The respondent claimed her husband beat her up sometime in 1999 because of a quarrel she had with the housemaid.
Mrs. Ugo urged the court to dissolve the marriage since her husband had deserted her for over seven years when he eloped to their second house with the housemaid, Nora.
She pleaded the court to order Pa Ugo to pay her N20,000 monthly for the treatment of their sick son and also to divide their property into two so she could take possession of one part.
In his judgement, the Acting Court President, Mr. A.A.A. Haastrup said the marriage has broken down irretrievably as both parties have admitted adultery and lack of love has separated them.
The court noted that the housemaid, Nora, who was in court as the only witness in the case, was not a witness of truth.
She once told the court she was a virgin and also narrated the sexual capability of Pa Ugo which confirmed their amorous relationship.
However, the court refused other pleas by Mrs. Ugo and advised both parties to file a case in the High Court on the property they jointly own.
