A 26-year-old marriage has been dissolved by an Ibadan Customary Court over allegations of witchcraft.
The court sitting in Mapo on Friday dissolved the marriage between Kemi Oyeniyi, a Lagos-based businesswoma, and her husband, Olusola.
The wife who rejected all efforts to resolve the matter, lamented that her husband would have killed her, if not for her strong faith in God.
“If I had known that Olusola was a wife killing husband, I will not have married him. I missed so many opportunities to work in Saudi Arabia because Olusola opposed the idea.
“I caught Olusola one day planting a broomstick on a footpath he knew I would pass. A few days before I travelled, my pastor told me that my husband had planted a killer-charm in my body and that I should plead with him to free me.
“In Saudi, my children and relatives sent me many video recordings of how Olusola flirts about with ladies of his children’s age, even kissing them in their presence,” Mrs Kemi alleged.
While consenting to the divorce, the defendant denied all allegations levelled against him, describing his wife as a “pathological liar”.
“She is a pathological liar who abandoned me immediately she returned from her trip abroad.
“It is true that she sent me some money, but I made judicious use of it,” he explained.
In his ruling, President of the court, Chief Ademola Odunade, dissolved the marriage in the interest of peace, while granting custody of the first two children to Olusola and the last born to Kemi.
He further ordered Olusola to pay N5,000 for the child’s monthly upkeep.
