“My wife is a witch, she appears and disappears using her wonder-working powers,” a 58-year-old businessman, Olarenwaju Moruf, told an Igando Customary Court in Lagos.
Moruf, therefore, urged the court to terminate his
17-year-old marriage to his wife, Fatima.
He said: “I am no longer interested in the
relationship as the love I have for her has faded.
“There was a day my wife appeared physically to me in
my hotel room when I travelled to the northern part of the country for a job, I
shouted and she disappeared.
“She keeps appearing and disappearing whenever good
things are coming my way. She once appeared to me and my promotion letter
turned to sack letter.
“Everywhere I went for a solution, I was told that my
wife was behind my predicament and I strongly believe it because I am also a
witness to her devilish acts.
“There was a day I came home unexpectedly to pick what
I forgot; I caught my wife holding a meeting with a cult member.
“Fatima brings strange people into our matrimonial
home, including a teenager whose father is a herbalist.”
Apart from the witchcraft allegation, Moruf also said
his wife had been threatening to poison him.
Fatima, a 47-year-old trader, however, denied the
allegations.
She said: “I am not a witch. I am not the one
behind my husband’s predicament, my hands are clean; I do not belong to a
cult, I am a committed Muslim.”
The respondent pleaded with the court not to grant her
husband’s request to dissolve the marriage.
“I still love him,” she added.
President of the court, Mr. Adegboyega Omilola,
adjourned the case till November 2 for further hearing.
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