MY HUSBAND IS DESPERATE TO USE ME FOR MONEY RITUALS, WOMAN TESTIFIES

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.


Source :naijaloaded
Edited by DANIEL IKECHUKWU EKWUNIFE