By Abdulwahab Abdulah & Jane Echewodo

A 42-year-old business- woman, Oluwabunmi Balogun, has told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos that her husband, Rasak, once attempted to rape their teenage housekeeper.

Oluwabunmi made the disclosure when she testified in a divorce petition filed by her husband, yesterday.

She accused her husband of being a flirt, saying “my husband attempted to rape my teenage housekeeper.

“When I went for a vigil, my 12-year-old housekeeper rushed to meet me in the church at about 12a.m. half naked, telling me that my husband wanted to rape her.

“She stayed with me through the vigil and the following morning, I took the girl to my husband’s room to have her repeat herself in his presence.”

The housekeeper said that the petitioner came into her room, snatched her wrapper and attempted to rape her.

Oluwabunmi said that her husband sent the housekeeper packing after the confrontation, adding “I also caught him and my friend’s younger sister coming out of a hotel.”

She also alleged that Rasak was dating a single mother on their street and that he packed out from his house the same day the other woman packed out of hers.

Rasak, a 51-year-old accountant, had urged the court to dissolve his 13-year-old marriage to Oluwabunmi for alleged sex starvation.

He said: “Whenever we have misunderstanding, my wife will deny me sex and food; and for the past six months now, she has not allowed me to make love to her.”

He said that Oluwabunmi was fond of accusing him of infidelity.

The President of the court, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, thereafter adjourned the case till July 26 for judgment.