Divorce-seeking woman: My husband makes love from midnight till dawn

A 37-year-old woman, Linda Stephen, on Tuesday, March 25, 2025 approached a Customary Court in Kaduna, seeking the dissolution of her six-year-old marriage over excessive sex by her husband, Felix Stephen.

Linda, in her petition, also accused her husband of beating her whenever she rejected his sexual advances.

She told the court that she was no longer interested in the marriage, saying she can no longer cope with the husband’s excessive demand for sex.

Linda said: “I urge the court to dissolve this marriage because I can’t stand his excessive sexual urge; he likes sex too much and I can’t bear it.

“Most times, he would have sex with me from midnight till early hours of the morning; even when I am crying, he will not stop.

“It has been three months since I moved out of his house; his relatives have been pleading with me to go back to him, but they do not know what I am facing.”

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The woman stated that her husband does not control himself whenever he needed sex, adding that whenever she refused his sexual advances, he would beat her up, even in front of their two kids.

Stephen, in his response, told the court that he is in love with his wife.

He pleaded with the court to help him pacify his wife and not grant her wish.

Stephen said he had been pleading with her wife not to seek divorce, adding that he was ready to control his sexual urge.

“I took my uncles and friends to her parents’ house to plead with her but she refused to listen to us instead she walked out on us,” Stephen said.

He further pleaded with the court to give him time to sort things out and reconcile with his wife.

The presiding judge, John Dauda, adjourned the matter until May 6 for a feedback and outcome of the reconciliation.

The judge also advised the couple to maintain peace.

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