Divorce-seeking woman says husband is a cultist

A 56-year-old businesswoman, Grace Okonwa, has urged an Agege Customary Court in Lagos State to dissolve her 33-year-old marriage.

Grace, who resides at Command, Ipaja area of Lagos, told the court on Friday that there was no more love between her and the husband, Macaulay Okonwa, describing him as a cultist.

The mother of six said: “my husband belongs to the Ogboni confraternity, he is devilish and demonic.

“Whenever my husband have sexual intercourse with me, my stomach becomes swollen and when l go to the hospital for check-up, doctors will say nothing is wrong with me.”

The petitioner alleged that the husband attacks her and the children spiritually.

She claimed that even the children were not spared in the devilish act as he had used his devilish powers to stop them from getting married.

The petitioner told the court that she enjoyed her marriage for only a few years since the union “because my husband is a wife beater and a chronic fornicator.