A civil servant, Abdullateef Yahaya, on Monday, pleaded with an Ilorin Area Court to dissolve his 16 years old marriage to wife, Rahmatallahi Yahaya for her alleged misbehaviour.

Yahaya, a resident of Aladi compound in Erubu Area of Ilorin, told the court that the wife he married since 2001 had suddenly turned against him.

He alleged that his wife wanted to assume the role of the family head whenever a decision was to be taken particularly on the children.

According to him, the wife is misleading their four children in spite of his instructions to put things right.

“The children do not respect me anymore as their father due to the way their mother behaves,” he said.

Yahaya urged the court to grant the divorce request as well as award him the custody of the children.

In his ruling, the Presiding Judge, Mr AbdulQuadir Ibrahim, adjourned the case till December 6 for the respondent to enter her defence.