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Why 72-Year-Old Mechanic Dissolved His 48-Year-Old Marriage With 10 Children

Faith Ukanwa

Jul 28, 2021

An Igando Customary Court in Lagos, has granted the prayer of a 72 year old mechanic to dissolve his 48 year old marriage.

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The man, Mojidi Osho had filed for a divorce citing s-exual deprivation from his estranged wife, Tolu, a mother of 10.

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Osho told the court;

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"The last time my wife allowed me to sleep with her was 10 years ago.

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"I am starving seriously, but whenever I come home with my girlfriends, she will chase them away.

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"My wife wanted to kill me; she has been feeding me with poison.

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"There was a day I fainted and was rushed to the hospital and it was detected that I ate poison.

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"I thought I will not survive it, but God saved me and I stopped eating her food.

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"On two occasions, she shot arrows at me in my sleep which led to sicknesses, but God healed me.

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"She also buried charm in my workshop and customers stopped patronizing me.

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"My wife made me impotent, but I survived it after spending huge amount on hospital and herbal treatment.

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"Tolu makes my life miserable, I would have gone far in life if I have not married her.

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"I regret the day I met her and I wish I can turn back the hand of the clock,'' Osho said.

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According to him, Tolu stopped washing his clothes 27 years ago; he therefore, begged the court to end the marriage to save him from committing murder.

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Responding to the allegations, the 68-year-old trader, Tolu, said that she denied her husband s-ex for only four years not 10 years as he claimed.

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"I stopped him from making love to me four years ago when he started bringing different girls home to sleep with, after which he will want to sleep with me; so I refused him.

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"I did not poison my husband's food since 1973 when we got married, is it now that I will poison him?

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"He is just looking for excuses to discard me; he came to this court to divorce his second wife, now he wants to also divorce me so that he can marry a new wife,ÔÇØ Tolu said.

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According to her, Osho is fond of invoking curses on their children, which is affecting their lives now.

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Although Tolu begged the court not to grant Mojidi's prayer as she still loved him, the court granted his request as he was persistent.

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The court president, Mr Adeniyi Koledoye, said, since the petitioner insisted on divorce after several interventions;

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"The court hereby pronounces the marriage between Mr Mojidi Osho and Mrs Tolu Osho dissolved today.

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"Both of you henceforth cease to be husband and wife.

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"Each of you should go his or her separate ways unmolested; the court wishes both of you well in your future endeavorsÔÇØ.

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The president ordered the petitioner to pay N250,000 to his wife as severance fee and also pay another N250,000 for her to get a new accommodation.

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