Many who witnessed the case of Mrs. Mary Eliah in court could not but marvel when the woman agreed to several allegations of adultery, abortions and theft by her pastor husband, Colinus Eliah who testified against his wife at a Grade C customary court at Agodi Gate, Ibadan, Oyo State.
Mr. eliah wanted the court to dissolve his 21-year-old marriage to Mrs. Mary Eliah on grounds of promiscuity and occultism .
“She confessed she had six lovers — three policemen inclusive and carried out six abortions. She also confessed to having taken my shirt to a herbalist to render me useless.”
“My wife is a thief, she steals other people’s farm produce when she goes to the market and she has stolen three bunches of plantain before.”
“Our prophet in church asked her to repent her sins within six months but she has refused to do that and now she has been suspended from church because of her iniquities”
“Her son from her first marriage came to our house to beat me up because I asked her to repent her sins for the sake of myself, herself and the five children we have.
“She went to Omi-Adio with one of her policemen-lovers to a herbalist for a blood covenant on marriage.”
The defendant, however, accepted all the accusations that were made against her but implored the court not to dissolve the marriage because she has turned a new leaf and promised to repent from all her wrongdoings.
“I have agreed to travel to our town to go and repent in front of my family and my in-laws”
“I just want to beg my husband to forgive me and I have been in denial before but now I am willing to go for deliverance,” she added.
Having heard from both the plaintiff and the defendant, the president of the court, Chief Amusa Makinde counselled both parties and asked the husband to think of their children’s future before taking any decision. He then adjourned the case till November 11 .