NAN-H-21
Adultery
By Deborah Akpede
Igando (Lagos State), Feb. 28, 2018 (NAN) An Islamic cleric ended up committing adultery with the wife of a businessman, when the `Alfa’ was brought him home to perform a get-rich-quick ritual for the couple, the Igando Customary Court heard on Wednesday in Lagos.
“It was with my husband’s consent that the Alfa slept with me for three days,’’ Musilimotu Olashuyi, 48, disclosed, while praying the court to dissolve the marriage.
She alleged that her husband, named Gbenga Olashuyi, had also conspired with the Alfa to use her for money ritual.
“Actually, my husband got to know the Alfa through me because I always go to his mosque to pray.
“When he told me that my husband’s business was not moving fine, I brought him home to meet my husband.
“Before I know what was happening, my husband conspired with him to use me for money ritual.
“It was with my husband’s consent that the Alfa slept with me for three days.
“After the incident, I started getting sick and getting emaciated and I told people around me what happened, which led to the arrest of the Alfa but my husband ran away.
“Gbenga resurfaced at the station after the Alfa brought a remedy to cure me.”
Musilimotu alleged further that Gbenga had refused to repay a loan she collected on his behalf in which he stood as guarantor.
She said that Gbenga packed out her belonging from his house last October and stole N1 million belonging to her.
Musilimotu pleaded with the court to terminate the union, saying that she was no longer in love with Gbenga after four years of the union.
But Gbenga, 55, told the court that it was Musilimotu, who lured him to buy the coffin for the money ritual to turn their fortunes around.
“My wife and her concubine persuaded me to buy a coffin for money ritual and she brought the Alfa to the house.
He said that the cleric had told him that God revealed to him that his business was collapsing and that he would make some rituals for him.
“I agreed to make the ritual because truly my business was not moving well.
“Since that day, my wife has been coming home with the Alfa with different objects and concoctions for me to drink and bath with.
“Later Alfa asked me to bring N800, 000 to buy some items for another ritual.
“He also told me to buy a casket for money ritual, which I will put in a separate room where nobody will enter except me.
“My wife begged me to comply with Alfa’s request but I declined.”
The businessman accused his wife of infidelity, alleging that Alfa always made love to Musilimotu on their matrimonial bed.
He said that he knew about the adulterous relationship when his wife arrested Alfa and accused the cleric of using charms to rape her.
“The cleric told the police that he never hypnotised my wife to rape her, saying that it was with her consent that he made love to her on those three occasions.”
Gbenga said that he packed Musilimotu’s belongings out of his house because he wanted to sell the belongings.
He also pleaded with the court to dissolve the marriage, saying that he was no longer interested in the relationship.
The President of the court, Mr Akin Akinniyi, however, advised the couple to maintain the peace and he adjourned the case until March 22 for judgment. (NAN)
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Edited by Felix Nwadioha