Housewife in trouble with fetish powder from mother-in-law

A middle aged man, Mr. Femi Bamidele, who was dragged before a Grade A customary court,  Agege for divorce by his wife, Esther, for incessant beating  with dangerous weapons, alleged that his wife was fetish.

Meanwhile, Esther denied the allegation and claimed that it was her mother- in- law that gave her the fetish powdery substance he accused her of using.

According to  her, " My mother- in -law told me that she had a dream that our landlady is a witch, that we should relocate immediately".  She added that there was a particular day she visited the mother -in -law, and she gave her some powdery  substance which she claimed would make her meet a benefactor ( Baba Alaanu ) but she quickly told her that nothing intimate would  happen between them.

The respondent  however informed the court that  the  mother -in -law warned her not to let her husband know about it.  " Since then, my husband kept watching my movement, and was always inquisitive about my phone".

She claimed that there was a day she jokingly asked her husband to give her an egg, but  he refused  and suddenly pounced on her, beat the hell out of her and tore her pants  and bra, adding that she managed to escape.  " What  baffled  me was that my mother -in -law encouraged  my husband to call it quits  with me, and deny me my children despite the fact that she was the one that gave me  the fetish powdery substance".

She urged the court to dissolve the marriage and grant her custody of the children.  However, Femi, who claimed to have lived  with Esther for seven  years, told the court that he did not enjoy every bit of the relationship because his wife kept going  in and out of the marriage.

"One  night, l traced her with Okada and l caught her with a man.  l talked to her senses. The next  day, she refused to go to  church with me".

The applicant  added that before he returned  from church, the wife  had  moved out of his house.
He also informed the court that his friends always told  him that they used to see her in hotels. The husband  urged the court to dissolve the marriage because he didn't want Esther to influence his children negatively.

The court  adjourned the case till October 9, 2012 for further hearing.