by ‘Jola Sotubo

A man resident in Oyo, in praying a court to dissolve his marital union with his wife, accused the latter of committing incest with the children.

Rauf  Olayiwola and his wife, Mojisola got married in 1971, meaning they have been married for 43 years.

Olayiwola told the Customary Court in Ibadan, the state capital, that he had caught his wife kissing and caressing some of their children in bed.

The Tribune reports:

According to  the  court president, Mr Ezekiel Ogundipe, all attempts at reconciling the couple had failed while the only option left was to allow each of them live separately.

“Olayiwola shall therefore pay Mojisola’s house rent for the next one year where her children can always have access to her,” Ogundipe stated.

Olayiwola had earlier accused  Mojisola of  having incestuous relationship with her children.

“I sometimes see her in bed with some of our children, kissing and  caressing. She no longer takes instructions from me. In fact, she has succeeded in turning the children against  me,” he  alleged.

Mojisola, however, dismissed Olayiwola’s allegations, saying she has  a close relationship with her children.

“The children are close to me because I treat them well and not that I have any sexual relationship with them,” she stated.

She, however, prayed the court not to dissolve the  marriage because she had nowhere to go.