My Wife’s Parents Will Not Allow Us Have S*x

A 33-year-old man, Mr. Oluwafemi Adebiyi and his wife, Ariyike, a few days ago took their marital differences   before the Agege Grade A Customary Court in Lagos State.
Oluwafemi had initiated divorce proceedings against his wife on the ground that for over a year that  his wife was  delivered of   their baby girl,  he was denied access  to the child.
“Her parents claim  I do not have enough  sperm to make babies.“On our  wedding day, they  did not allow her to sleep in  my  house. According to them, I wasn’t capable of  shouldering  the responsibility of the child,” he said.
He added that he was not allowed to name their  child in his home as his in-laws insisted  that the child be named in their house.
Oluwafemi added that  he was  only allowed to name the child in his father’s house after  much argument and  immediately  after the naming ceremony, his  wife’s  parents  went  away with the child  and  he has not set eyes on  her till date.
He told the court that the ridicule his in-laws  had subjected  him to  was enough to make him deny the child’s paternity.He, therefore, urged the court to dissolve their marriage and  further asked that  his wife return  the wedding ring he gave her.
In her defence, 29-year-old Ariyike informed the court that her  in-laws were evil  which was the reason their  child  was born at seven months and 21 days.“When I gave birth to the child, it had no eyelids, which means  she was  born  premature,” she said.
Ariyike further told the court that she could not name her child Phoebe because  that was the name of her  husband’s girlfriend  who  died some  years  back.She also  alleged  that her husband indulged in smoking  of Indian hemp and drinking of beer and anytime she reported  him to his parents, they took sides with him.
She agreed that the court separate them and grant her custody of the child. The court president, Mr. Emmanuel Shokunle, ordered that both couple should come back to court with a common name for the baby that would be written on the birth certificate. He  also ordered  Ariyike to bring the child every last Friday of the month to the court.