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A mother of three, Nike
Akinbile has told a Mapo Customary Court, Ibadan, that her husband Femi
is desperately making effort to use her for monetary ritual.
Nike, who resides at Olunloyo Area, Ibadan, made this known when she
testified in her divorce proceedings against Femi on Friday.
“For the past two years now, Femi has been making frantic effort to get
rich at all cost and I am his primary target for that purpose. “Not too
long ago, I was just lying on the bed, Femi thought that I had slept
off, so he attempted to strike my eyelids with traditional eyeliner also
known as tiro.
“I have received several visions that he wants to use me as a
sacrificial lamb for the ritual he is making and I don’t want to die
now,’’ she said. She said that the respondent don’t `even cater for her
and the three children, adding that they lack access to basic care.
Nike, who urged the court to dissolve the 11-year-old marriage, said
that she had made up her mind about parting ways with him and nothing
could change it. In his defence, Femi, a businessman of Akanran Area of
Ibadan, denied all the allegations and opposed the divorce petition.
Femi said that he did not want the children to encounter any problem in
life and that was the reason he wanted the union to continue.
“Your honour, I have suffered greatly all this while to sustain and
marry Nike. I was the one that sent her to school and made her
self-employed. “For Nike’s education, I enrolled, wrote her examinations
for her as well as supervise her other academic pursuits.
“In order to be well balanced in life, I encouraged her to learn
tailoring which is her source of livelihood today. “As if those are not
enough, I buy Nike all sorts of ladies’ make ups to make her look
beautiful and good, but Nike does not use any of the things like shoes,
bags, clothes, and so on.
“Instead, Nike always tell me that she must take them to the church for
cleansing and eventually dumped them.’’ He said the major conflict was
that “we don’t attend the same church, her pastor told her that the make
ups I give her are weapons of devil’’. Femi told the court that Nike
compelled their underage children to fast for days, thus, giving the
impression that they were from impoverished and wretched home.
He tendered sacks of the make-ups he bought for his wife over the time
as exhibit. The court’s President, Mr Henric Agbaje, in his judgment,
held that it was painful that some religious leaders influenced their
followers with unacceptable doctrines that might result into marriage
break ups.
“Well, since Nike has refused to be pacified to settling the dispute
amicably, the court has no other option than to put an end to the union.
“Femi shall take custody of the first two children who are no more
legal minor, while Nike shall take custody of the third who is still a
legal minor.
“In the interest of peaceful coexistence, the union between Nike and
Akinbile has ceased to be henceforth,” he said.
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