My wife is demonic, threatens to kill me, man tells court

An electronics repairer, Samson Babalola, has petitioned the Ile-Tuntun Customary Court, Ibadan, to dissolve his 10-year-old marriage to his wife, Abosede, over death threats and alleged use of demonic powers.

Testifying on Monday before Chief Henry Agbaje, the court’s President, Babalola, who resides at Oke-Bola area, Ibadan, said that his wife often told him that she would use her demonic powers to send him to his early grave.

He said that Abosede often issued the threat whenever she saw him with any woman, not caring whatever relationship he might have with the lady.