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.
"There was a day I fainted and was rushed to the hospital and it was detected that I ate poison.
"I thought I will not survive it, but God saved me and I stopped eating her food.
"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.
"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.
"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.
According to her, Osho is fond of invoking curses on their children, which is affecting their lives now.
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.
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.
"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.
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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— Faith Ukanwa