A 17-year-old teenager, Abdulrasaq Amusa, has testified against his father, Tajudeen Amusa, at an Ado-Ekiti Customary Court in Ekiti State, in a divorce suit filed by his mother, Bosede.
Bosede sought the dissolution of her marriage to Tajudeen on grounds of public disgrace, frequent fighting and lack of care for her and their three children.
Abdulrasaq, while testifying, told the court that since his father got married to another woman, he had stopped performing his duties as a father.
According to him, his mother once asked his father money for the upkeep of the home, but rather than give her, he beat her and she was hospitalised.
He added that he was forced to abandon school and learn a trade when his father changed his school.
“My mother was indebted to many people before she went into petty trading and I’m the one helping her pay her debt from the proceeds of my business.
“My mother and I are responsible for the upkeep of the home and schooling of my younger ones,” he said.
Abdulrasaq, however, urged the court not to dissolve his parents marriage.
The court president, Mrs Olayinka Akomolede, adjourned the case till September 11.
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