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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Jane Echewodo L agos— A 39-year-old  housewife, Yemisi Akinwunmi, who is a petty trader, pleaded with a customary court sitting in Agege, Lagos, to end her 20-year-old marriage and free her from the pangs of daily corporal punishment meted out to her by the husband. She said: “My husband constantly beats me and whenever he wants to do so, he tells me to kneel down and stretch my hands like a pupil before caning me. “He often threatens to kill me.” While testifying before the court’s President, Mr. Phillips Williams, she said there was no love between them anymore. Yemisi described her husband of 20 years as an irresponsible man, who has refused to take proper care of her and the children. She said she had been solely responsible for the feeding and upkeep of the children since her husband lost his job. According to her, “I made efforts to secure a loan for my husband from a cooperative bank to start a small business with a promise by him to pay back ...