The President of Mapo Customary Court in Ibadan, Chief Ademola Odunade, on Wednesday dissolved the three-year-old marriage between Tawakalitu Adeoye and Hakeem over threat to life and ritual making.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Odunade held that the court does not joke with any issue on life, hence the need for the dissolution.
Odunade added: “It is also obvious that there is no more love between Tawakalitu and Hakeem as a result of their differences. In the interest of peaceful living, the union between the duo has ceased to be. Custody of the three-year-old child produced by the union is awarded to Tawakalitu, and Hakeem shall pay a monthly allowance of N5,000 for the child’s upkeep in addition to being responsible for her education and other welfare.”
Tawakalitu, a fashion designer, who resides at Academy area of Ibadan, said that her husband had stylishly embarked on a marathon sexual intercourse with her, with the intention of using her for ritual.
She added: “My Lord, if I had listened to my parents’ advice that I should not enter into any marital vows with Hakeem, maybe life would have been pleasant with me today. It all began when Hakeem started requesting for sexual intercourse from me every morning and night without any particular reason, an act which he was initially not used to. Firstly, he takes his bath and then rushes me to bed, sleeping with me.
“Each time he finished with me, I would feel weak, subdued, restless and completely shattered physically and psychologically. Until I made the discovery, Hakeem had planted a charm (Tira) under my pillow for two good weeks without my knowledge. I had laid my head on it. I reported him at Eleyele Police Headquarter in Ibadan, but he pleaded with the police to prevail on me not to implicate him. He also told my relatives that I lied against him, and that I must retract the statement of which I accused him of trying to use me for ritual. Worst still, Hakeem derives pleasure in turning me into a punching bag at the slightest provocation. These and many more are the reasons I had to pack out of his home since Oct. 27. Please save my life from Hakeem because he is spiritually diabolic.”
The respondent refuted all the allegations leveled against him while consenting to the divorce suit.