Wife wants oath with husband neutralised, approves divorce

A middle-aged housewife, Mrs Fausat Kehinde, yesterday, urged the Abeokuta customary court Grade 1 sitting at Ake, to appeal to her husband, Amofe Odetoki Kehinde, to neutralise the purported juju (oath) taken by them when their marriage was going good. Fausat, who is the defendant in the suit no. C/130/2017 instituted by her husband, said […]

A middle-aged housewife, Mrs Fausat Kehinde, yesterday, urged the Abeokuta customary court Grade 1 sitting at Ake, to appeal to her husband, Amofe Odetoki Kehinde, to neutralise the purported juju (oath) taken by them when their marriage was going good.

Fausat, who is the defendant in the suit no. C/130/2017 instituted by her husband, said she was making the appeal in the interest of her safety and life.

She affirmed that since it was her husband that had come forward for divorce, “I want to please urge the court to tell him  to neutralise the oath we took. He took me to a herbalist where we had the oath. I don’t want anything to happen to me after leaving his house, since he had come to seek this divorce.”

But in a swift response, the estranged husband said, “The acclaimed herbalist is my brother, who we went to after one of our misunderstandings. She is just too troublesome, so I took her to my brother to swear that she will remain peaceful,” he said.

 The court president, Chief Olalekan Akande, joined by Mrs. Ogunyemi, averred that it was not the right of the court to hear the matter relating to juju, as that was not recognised by law. “But we can appeal to you to, please in the interest of peace, look into her case and settle whatever has been between you two,” he said.

The court president, in his ruling, urged both parties to approach their families for settlement. “We are giving you eight days to go and settle this. Come back on November 3, 2017 to give us a feedback and if there is no resolution, we will have no option than to approve the divorce,” Akande said.