Imam ends 21 year old marriage. See why!
The Igando Customary Court on Tuesday
dissolved a 21-year-old marriage be
tween
one Rachael Olayiwola and Rabiu
Olayiwola.
Rabiu, 48, an Islamic cleric, had approached
the court to terminate his marriage to
Rachael, who had turned a prophetess.
Olayiwola had told the court that prior to
their marriage, Rachael had agreed to
abandon her Christian religion for Islamic
faith.
“But three years ago, she now told me that
God has asked her to return to her former
religion and become a prophetess.
“I cannot accept that under my roof; it is
either she comes back to my faith or I send
her packing through dissolution of the
marriage.
“The annoying thing is that she does not go
to her church alone but takes the children
along.
“Now the Central Mosque Association
Committee vowed to remove me as an
Imam if my wife refused to return as a
Muslim,” Rabiu said.
The petitioner testified that his wife was in
the habit of fighting him and did not
respect him.
“Rachael lacks respect for me; she once hit
my head on the wall, gave me punches on
my face and also tore my praying garment,”
he said.
According to him, Rachael defamed his
character by accusing him of an attempt to
use two of our children for money rituals.
Olayiwola told the court that he stopped
sleeping with his wife because she refused
to use the family planning ring he gave her.
However, the 41-year-old Rachael told the
court that her husband wanted to use two
of the children for rituals. Sf
“My husband came home with a herbalist,
who gave me black soap from a black pot
and some leaves that I should bathe with
them at 1:00am.
“The herbalist said I should call the names
of my first born and the last born and I
should also touch them with the items to
bring victory and riches to my husband.
“After the herbalist and my husband left, I
received a prophecy not to use any black
substance and that if I use it, I will cry. So I
discarded all the items given to me and
prayed at 1:00am.”
She said she agreed to practice her
husband’s religion, adding that she
practiced it for 18 years before God called
her to work for Him in the church and she
could not disobey God.
The mother of seven said that her husband
had denied her of sex for over two years.
She said that after their sixth child, her
husband gave her a ring which he said
would prevent her from getting pregnant.
“I actually wore the ring but the ring failed.
After having the seventh child, he just
abandoned me and refused to touch me let
alone make love to me.”
Rachael admitted punching her husband in
self-defence when they fought, adding that
he used to grab her neck, attempting to
strangle her.
She urged the court not to grant her
husband’s request for the dissolution of the
marriage, claiming she had no
accommodation and could not leave her
children.
Ruling, the court’s President, Mr Akin
Akinniyi, who ordered the dissolution of the
marriage, said the court had no alternative
than to dissolve the marriage as efforts by
the court and family to reconcile the couple
had failed.
“Since the petitioner (Rabiu Olayiwola)
insisted on divorce after several
interventions, the court is, therefore, left
with no option than to grant him his wish
and pronounce the union dissolved.
“The court hereby pronounces the marriage
between Mr Rabiu Olayiwola and Mrs
Rachael Olayiwola dissolved.
“Both of you, henceforth, cease to be
husband and wife; you should go your
separate ways unmolested,” he said.
He added: “The court wishes both of you
well in your new journey of life.
“The first two children, who are above 18
years, should decide who to stay with while
the last five children who are below 18
years are to live with their mother.
“The petitioner is to pay N25,000 monthly
for the feeding of the five children and he
also to be responsible for the children’s
school fees and medical bills.
“A severance of N350,000 only is awarded
to the Rachael as rehabilitation cost and
Rabiu is also to pay N350,000 for
accommodation to his estranged wife
yearly.”
dissolved a 21-year-old marriage be
tween
one Rachael Olayiwola and Rabiu
Olayiwola.
Rabiu, 48, an Islamic cleric, had approached
the court to terminate his marriage to
Rachael, who had turned a prophetess.
Olayiwola had told the court that prior to
their marriage, Rachael had agreed to
abandon her Christian religion for Islamic
faith.
“But three years ago, she now told me that
God has asked her to return to her former
religion and become a prophetess.
“I cannot accept that under my roof; it is
either she comes back to my faith or I send
her packing through dissolution of the
marriage.
“The annoying thing is that she does not go
to her church alone but takes the children
along.
“Now the Central Mosque Association
Committee vowed to remove me as an
Imam if my wife refused to return as a
Muslim,” Rabiu said.
The petitioner testified that his wife was in
the habit of fighting him and did not
respect him.
“Rachael lacks respect for me; she once hit
my head on the wall, gave me punches on
my face and also tore my praying garment,”
he said.
According to him, Rachael defamed his
character by accusing him of an attempt to
use two of our children for money rituals.
Olayiwola told the court that he stopped
sleeping with his wife because she refused
to use the family planning ring he gave her.
However, the 41-year-old Rachael told the
court that her husband wanted to use two
of the children for rituals. Sf
“My husband came home with a herbalist,
who gave me black soap from a black pot
and some leaves that I should bathe with
them at 1:00am.
“The herbalist said I should call the names
of my first born and the last born and I
should also touch them with the items to
bring victory and riches to my husband.
“After the herbalist and my husband left, I
received a prophecy not to use any black
substance and that if I use it, I will cry. So I
discarded all the items given to me and
prayed at 1:00am.”
She said she agreed to practice her
husband’s religion, adding that she
practiced it for 18 years before God called
her to work for Him in the church and she
could not disobey God.
The mother of seven said that her husband
had denied her of sex for over two years.
She said that after their sixth child, her
husband gave her a ring which he said
would prevent her from getting pregnant.
“I actually wore the ring but the ring failed.
After having the seventh child, he just
abandoned me and refused to touch me let
alone make love to me.”
Rachael admitted punching her husband in
self-defence when they fought, adding that
he used to grab her neck, attempting to
strangle her.
She urged the court not to grant her
husband’s request for the dissolution of the
marriage, claiming she had no
accommodation and could not leave her
children.
Ruling, the court’s President, Mr Akin
Akinniyi, who ordered the dissolution of the
marriage, said the court had no alternative
than to dissolve the marriage as efforts by
the court and family to reconcile the couple
had failed.
“Since the petitioner (Rabiu Olayiwola)
insisted on divorce after several
interventions, the court is, therefore, left
with no option than to grant him his wish
and pronounce the union dissolved.
“The court hereby pronounces the marriage
between Mr Rabiu Olayiwola and Mrs
Rachael Olayiwola dissolved.
“Both of you, henceforth, cease to be
husband and wife; you should go your
separate ways unmolested,” he said.
He added: “The court wishes both of you
well in your new journey of life.
“The first two children, who are above 18
years, should decide who to stay with while
the last five children who are below 18
years are to live with their mother.
“The petitioner is to pay N25,000 monthly
for the feeding of the five children and he
also to be responsible for the children’s
school fees and medical bills.
“A severance of N350,000 only is awarded
to the Rachael as rehabilitation cost and
Rabiu is also to pay N350,000 for
accommodation to his estranged wife
yearly.”
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