By Patrick Idowu
A Grade A Customary Court in Mapo, Ibadan, has granted the request of Pastor Olamide Agbejaife to dissolve his three-decade marriage to his wife, Mary, over claims of persistent sex denial and an alleged attempt to poison him.
Agbejaife, who resides in the Olodo area of Ibadan, told the court that trouble began in 2017 after he received a spiritual revelation that he would take another wife.
He alleged that Mary, since then, had refused him marital intimacy and made several attempts on his life.
“On December 6, 2021, I suffered severe stomach pain after eating the food Mary prepared,” the pastor recounted. “She has cursed me many times and even spread false news that I had died following the poisoning incident.”
Agbejaife further told the court that Mary had abandoned him for 14 months after he underwent surgery in 2022, and had been leaving their home without explanation since the birth of their first child in 1995.
In a plea to the court, Mary, a trader, begged for the marriage to be spared, expressing her hope to continue the relationship despite the accusations.
The court, however, ruled in favour of Agbejaife, bringing an end to the 30-year union.
