“My ritualist husband covered our child with white cloth” – Lagos trader tells court
One Lagos trader, Abosede Balogun, has grown tired of her 25-year-old marriage with her husband.
Abosede, in a bid to convince the court to grant her wish, accused her husband of performing ritual acts.
The resident of 29, Old Ipaja Road, Agege area of Lagos State, said she once caught her husband covering one of their children with a white cloth.
“My husband performs rituals even at night; he once brought a ram to the house to slaughter at midnight. I don’t feel safe living with him,” Abosede told the Orile Agege Customary Court.
She said that her husband has changed since they got married, and picks on almost everything to cause provocation.
“I once caught my husband at midnight covering one of our children, who is physically challenged, with a white cloth,” she said.
“I threw the cloth away and burnt it and he fought me because of this.
“There was a day that my husband and his brother brought a ram to the house, they waited until midnight before they slaughtered it, I was watching through the window.
“They hung the ram in our compound for days.”
Abosede’s husband also didn’t object to his wife’s wish. He said his wife doesn’t yield to his instructions.
He also alleged that his wife moves with bad companies and urged the court to dissolve his “loveless marriage”.
He, however, asked the court to grant him access to their children, aged 17 and 22 respectively.
