[dropcap]A[/dropcap] 38-year old woman has sought the dissolution of her 12- year old marriage before Ejigbo Customary Court in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria over complaints that her husband was demanding too much sex from her which could lead to her death. The embattled wife, Mrs. Bose Bello, is seeking for the dissolution of the marriage and compensation of N1.5 million to move on with her life.

Grassroots Publishers learnt that the marriage between the couple crashed after the husband, Kayode threw Bose out of their matrimonial home in Egbe, Lagos and brought in his mistress because the wife could not cope with his alleged insatiable sexual demands.

Bose admitted in court that her husband, Kayode, has high libido and was always demanding for sex which she could no longer cope with. The mother of two children alleged that when she complained to her husband that he “might sex her to death” with the way he was always demanding for sex, Kayode threw her out of their matrimonial home  over flimsy excuses and brought in his lover identified as Kate Ugwu, whom he is now living with as his wife.

The mother of two children said the problem started when her husband started complaining that she was not satisfying his sexual demands despite her patience and endurance to always satisfy him because she knew he likes having sex a lot. She said she was always afraid to go home and preferred to stay in her shop but her husband will come for her and force her to return home.

Bose claimed that anytime she returns home her husband will not allow her to rest before demanding for sex. She claimed that her husband later threatened to bring his mistress to their home and he did so. She alleged that at a point her husband was making love to both of them in their matrimonial home.

Bose said when she complained, he threw her out of their matrimonial home and locked her shop, claiming that in the process all the food items she was selling expired and she was left with nothing to start her business again.

The embattled wife told the court that when her husband first threw her out of the house, their families brought them together to settle the matter.

Bose alleged that when she returned home, her husband continued to threaten her whenever she protested that he was demanding too much sex from her.

“Every minute he returned from work, he will be talking about sex, sex, sex! and I cannot not cope with it. When I complained, he threatened me and asked me to leave the house.” She said she was tired of the relationship because of the maltreatment and does not love him any longer and wanted to quit the marriage.

She also asked the court to compel him to pay her  N1.5 million so that she would start a new life. In response, Kayode denied the allegations but admitted that he asked her to leave because of her behaviour.

He told the court that  no man can  tolerate what she did to him, claiming that  she called him a ritualist and told him that he wanted to kill her as he did to his first wife.

Kayode told the court that he married Bose after his first wife who had two children for him died. He claimed that he started having problem with Bose when she told him that she wanted to cook separate food for his late wife’s children. He said she had to send her away because of the safety of those children.  He admitted that he has a lover whom he married after Bose left, claiming that his new wife gives him peace and rest of mind.

Kayode  also said he is no longer interested in the marriage with Bose and told her to go in peace. On the issue of compensation, he said he was not ready to do that.

The court adjourned the matter till 27 January for judgment.

[dropcap]G[/dropcap]overnor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has confirmed the outbreak of Lassa Fever in the state, saying laboratory tests have confirmed a total of 36 cases, including 9 deaths.  Akeredolu, who made the revelation in Akure during a live broadcast on Saturday night, said a total of 102 suspected cases of Lassa Fever had been reported in eight local government areas of the state.

“Thirty six of 79 cases have been confirmed with laboratory results, including nine deaths.

“Patients are being managed at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, while confirmatory tests are done at Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua, Edo State.

“At present, 127 hospital contacts and 308 community contacts were line-listed in all the affected local government areas while 30 had completed their follow-up,” Akeredolu said.

The governor disclosed that the government had reactivated Emergency Preparedness and Response Team at state and local government level to contain the spread of the disease. He said this was in addition to active surveillance and contact tracing in the affected local government areas.

“Sensitization and community mobilization are also going on in all local government areas for traditional rulers, religious leaders, political leaders, market women and other stakeholders.

“Publicity is also ongoing through radio jingles, radio and television discussions in our media houses while educative materials such as handbills, flyers and posters have been produced and being distributed,” he said.

According to him, vehicles have been dedicated for transportation of samples and patients to Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital. He added that the Infectious Disease Isolation Unit at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, had also been expanded.

Akeredolu explained that some Personal Protective Equipment, drugs, and hospital beds were donated to FMC, Owo, while more nurses were deployed to the Treatment Centre to support management of the patients

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]ollowing the efforts of the Delta State House of Assembly Committee on Works to sanitize the various construction firms handling huge projects and capital intensive constructions across the State, series of revelations have been made public as arrangements made by the immediate past Government of Dr Emmanuel Uduaghan have been largely faulted for the failures of key infrastructural projects in the State.

Briefing the Works Committee on Wednesday, January 31, 2018 at the on going investigation proceedings, Consultant to the Delta State Government on the Asaba Airport Project, Engr. Akere Kola blamed the State Government for awarding the Airport Project to a company like ULO, lamenting that ULO Consultant Limited ought not to have been given the project in the first place, as “the contractor was incompetent for the job”.The Consultant who is a staff of JBI TECH Consults Limited, submitted that the contract was not executed according to the standard of design and that the workmanship was very poor.

Kola revealed that ULO took for granted the Airport Project as it was advised to stick to the design offered by the National Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) but went ahead to do its own design, at a personal cost for a slight difference, noting that the contractor stopped work in June 2017 and only achieved 24.9% after 29 months.

In another development, while reacting to the claims of the Works Committee, that it has failed to properly execute the DLA Road Asaba; Ezenei Avenue Asaba; Federal College Road Asaba; and the Dualization of Effurun/Osubi Road projects awarded to it, Dr. Walter Olatunde, the Project Director of DEUX Company, said that his company has not abandoned or poorly executed any project in the State.Dr. Olatunde who is also a Co-Onwer of the Construction Company, faulted the absence of a discharge drainage point at Jesus Saves Road for the collapse of the DLA Road which was completely outside of their contract scope.

“DEUX left DLA road in 2014, having done 98% of drainage, 54% binding course, 38% wearing course, but deteriorated due to 3 years of raining season that left the two layers of asphalt, stone base and drainage walkways which was supposed to last for a minimum of ten years, fully submerged under water coupled with constant vehicular movements.” He noted that DLA was the worst road in Asaba, coupled with the tough rainfall terrain evident in the State. “A major constraint of linking the drainage to a discharge point at Jesus Saves Road which was completely outside of their contract scope”, Olatunde explained.

The Project Director informed that, in the case of Effurun/Osubi Road, having done the bridge, DEUX only moved their equipment to Asaba as elections were at its peak coupled with other constraints such as subsidy removal and difficulty in getting an upward review.

He noted that while the contract was awarded to it on the 29th of December 2010, the Company mobilized to site in 2011 but was unable to go back to site after 2014 due to pending and unaddressed issues which included; change of rates, inadequate quantities and others which would have led to huge loss of money if they went back to site, taking cognizance of other contractors who only went back to site after been given review rates which they were denied.