A 15-year-old marriage between one Dapo Ashorobi and his wife, Titilayo has been dissolved by a Lagos Island Customary Court on Wednesday, over constant abuse and assault by the latter’s mother-in-law.

The 32-year-old trader said that her mother-in-law had turned her husband into a “simpleton” and was the one controlling their home.

she said.

The mother of three, therefore, prayed the court to dissolve the marriage.

The husband, Dapo, who did not deny the allegations, also prayed the court to dissolve the marriage as requested by his wife.

He told the court that his wife had refused to accept his pleas and had rejected all efforts toward reconciliation.

The President of the court, Mr Awos Awosola, ordered the dissolution of the marriage after concluding that the union had broken down irretrievably.

“The marriage between the two parties has broken beyond redemption. The marriage between the two is hereby dissolved with effect from today, June 29,” Awosola ruled.

He also granted the custody of the three children; Basir,10, Mutiat, 8 and Khadijat, 3, to their mother.