AFTER HE HAD SEX WITH ME, I FOUND BLACK POT HIDDEN UNDER BED — WIFE

She is blocking my success —Husband

A 43-year-old woman, Solape Elegbede, has asked an Igando Customary Court, Lagos State, to dissolve her three-year-old marriage to her husband, Kunle, after finding a black pot covered with white cloth under her bed. “I was in my shop last December when my children came to inform me that their father brought a 25-litre keg filled with kerosene home. I was happy because I felt it would reduce our problem of cooking for a while. Surprisingly, on getting home, I realised that the keg was filled with herbal potion. I wanted to ask him questions, but he had left for the bathroom with a local soap and sponge. Afterwards, he forcefully had sex with me,” Solape told the court. The following day, the woman said she was preparing for a vigil when her children told her that their father had instructed that no one should check under the bed.

 “The statement shocked me. To my surprise, I saw a black pot wrapped with white cloth. It was under the same bed where we had sex. In January, I felt I was no longer safe, so, I packed out,” she said.

However, Kunle described her allegations as untrue, adding that he harboured no evil thought against his wife. Though he said his wife had posed a stumbling block to his success in his various endeavours, he insisted that he would not want to divorce her.

The lawyer who appeared for the woman told the court: “We have been trying our best to sort out their differences; I pray this is settled amicably because their children need their parental love, care and support.” President of the court, Mr Adekunle Philips Williams, adjourned the case till January  19 for possible mediation. He asked the couple to come with two members of their families each.