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Mr Ademola Odunade, the President of Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan on Friday put an end to a five-year-old marriage between Nafisat and her husband, Wasiu Balogun, citing wife battering and lack of care. Odunade held that the court cannot watch while Nafisat and Wasiu continue to live like rat and cat. “In the interest of peaceful co-existence, the union between Nafisat and Wasiu has ceased to be henceforth,” he said. The court awarded the custody of the four-year-old child of the union to Nafisat, while Wasu was ordered to pay a monthly feeding allowance of N5, 000 for the child. Odunade also directed that Wasiu should be responsible for his child’s education and welfare. Nafisat had told the court that her husband was slowly killing her through incessant battering and lack of care. “When I started living with Wasiu as a wife, I thought I could endure his lifestyle, but he kept threatening my life with constant beating. “In fact, it got to a point when our landlor...