Housewife Escapes Death As Husband’s Attempt To Use Her For Money Ritual Fails 

P.M.EXPRESS reports that as a result she fled and filed a divorce suit at the Grade A Customary Court, Mapo, Ibadan, Oyo State, asking for the dissolution of their marriage while alleging that her husband was diabolic and had attempted to use her for money ritual.

The embittered woman, Laide, also alleged that she wants the dissolution of the marriage on the grounds of irresponsibility, constant fight and theft. She alleged that her husband not only stole her money, he went as far stealing her ATM and withdrawing money from her account without her knowledge.

The plaintiff told the Court that the defendant had been threatening her after she deserted him and had not allowed her to have rest of mind. Mrs. Laide therefore, asked the Court to put an end to their relationship and grant her custody of their children.

She further prayed the Court to mandate her husband to be responsible for the payment of their children’s school fees and that he should pay as and when due, feeding allowance and health care of the children.

The plaintiff also sought for an order restraining the defendant from coming to her shop to threaten, fight and destroy her goods and also disturb their children in school.

“My husband and I held the Islamic wedding rites before I moved in with him, but he did not pay my dowry.”

“My marriage was the biggest mistake I ever made in life. It has cost me my joy and peace of mind. Ladi has no doubt shattered my life.”

“The first thing I noticed about my husband, after we started living together was that he lacked integrity.

“Ladi was in the habit of borrowing money from me with the promise of paying back, but he always defaulted. The more I complained, the worse he became.”

“My husband always turned every argument we had on the issue of money into a fight.”

My husband would ransack my room and turn it upside down any time he needed of money and I was not around.”

“On many occasions, he would discover the money where I kept it and steal it.

I always knew any time he did this because he was always not patient enough to leave my room the way he met it. He would deny ever touching my money any time I challenged him and would beat me to a pulp. There were times he sent me into the cold of the night and locked the door behind me.”

“Ladi rather than being repentant became more advanced in his crime.

He not only failed me as the breadwinner, but he starved our children too.”

“Our children stopped making demands from him as the head of the home because he would always send them to me. I reported him to my mother on many occasions, but she would always advise that I endure.”

However, Ladi denied all the allegations brought against him, but agreed that their marriage be dissolved.

The Court President, Mrs. S.M. Akintayo, after she had heard the plaintiff adjourned the matter till 26th March, 2024, for continuation of hearing.