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  • Pastor’s wife loses marriage for adultery

    The 21-year-old marriage of a pastor’s wife, Mrs Uzoamaka Ibeneme,  ended yesterday after an Igando Customary Court in Lagos, dissolved the union on grounds of alleged adultery.

    Mr. Akin Akinniyi, the court president, who delivered the judgment, said the petitioner, Pastor Joshua Ibeneme was adamant despite the mediation by the court and family intervention.

    “Since the petitioner insisted on divorce after several interventions, the court is, therefore, left with no option but to grant him his wish and pronounce the union dissolved,” Akinniyi said.

    “The court hereby pronounces the marriage between Pastor Joshua Ibeneme and Mrs Uzoamaka Ibeneme dissolved today.

    “Both of you will henceforth cease to be husband and wife, each of you should go on his or her separate ways unmolested.

    “The court wishes both of you well in your future endeavours.

    “Any squabble between both you from now on shall be treated as criminal and any violation of this judgment will be regarded as contempt of court and will attract imprisonment without option of fine,” Akinniyi ruled.

    The petitioner, Joshua Ibeneme (53), had approached the court to end the marriage to his wife, Uzoamaka, who he said was messing around with his church members.

    His words: “My wife had sexual affairs with two of my church members, a deacon and a bishop. Both of them were telling my other members that they slept with my wife because she enticed them.

    “Whenever I returned from a trip, my last born always told me that men came to pick and drop my wife. Even God told me to divorce her or else she would destroy my ministry,” he claimed.

    The petitioner said that his wife denied him sex for five years.

    “My wife starved me of sex for more than five years. Whenever I wanted to sleep with her, she would give one excuse or the other and, in fact, she has moved out of my room to a separate room.

    “But she gives it to my members freely,” the pastor said.

    The pastor said that his wife was always mocking and embarrassing him in public places, telling people about his sexual performance.

    He said that Uzoamaka always accused him of having affairs with any female member, who came to the house for counselling.

    “She accused them of dating me and also went to their houses to fight them. Her behaviour has chased many members away from my church,” he said.

    He begged the court to divorce the loveless union, claiming he was no longer in love with his wife.

    However, the respondent, Uzoamaka, denied having sex with their church members but accused her husband of infidelity.

    “It is women that cause our frequent fighting, they are the problem in our home and my husband’s lust for them is very high.

    “I never slept with the two men, who claimed that they slept with me; they just wanted to tarnish my image. My husband is dating the wife of the deacon.”

    The mother of three, however, begged the court not to grant her husband’s wish for dissolution of the marriage, as she was still in love with him.

  • Siju Iluyomade still the stylish pastor’s wife

    Siju Iluyomade still the stylish pastor’s wife

    TWO suns cannot share the day, nor two moons the night. Siju Iluyomade is the silvery moon that brooks no rivals. Aided by an array of polished and expensive jewellery and accoutrements, she glows as the most stylish and elegant ‘woman of God’ in Nigeria. The co-pastor at the City of David Parish of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), where her husband, Pastor David, holds sway, Siju is an epitome of elegance and style.

    Although the City of David parish of RCCG is regarded in most quarters as the richest RCCG parish in the country, none of the wealthy, upscale, happening babes who flock to its premises every Sunday can compete with Siju in the fashion stakes. Not only is she their spiritual shepherd, she also sets the pace in stylish adornment while they do their best to follow.

    Unlike some other pastors’ wives who ride their husbands’ coattails to fame, Pastor Siju is a woman worth her weight in gold. She spares no expense in her bid to look good, patronising world class designers like Christian Louboutin, Gucci, Zagliani and Marc Jacobs. She is, in short, the reference point for fashion among Christian ladies.

  • Lightning kills pastor’s wife, injures husband

    Lightning kills pastor’s wife, injures husband

    Gbayunren area of atan in ado-odo/ota local government area of ogun state, was thrown into mourning after lightning allegedly struck dead a celestial church’s pastor’s wife, fausat.

    Fausat and her husband, olorunwa, were in bed at the church which also served as their residence on april 4, when she was killed by the lightning at about 11 p.m. The lightning also destroyed valuables in their residence.

    Also affected in the lightning strike was olorunwa, who allegedly walked with a slight stoop for some days before he later regained his strength. Sources attributed the bizarre to the wrath of sango ( god of lightning) on wrongdoers. ”Lightning does not strike or kill anyone except such person has done evil or stole something from another person.

    Lightning is usually invoked by sango worshippers or priest to punish thieves in yoruba communities, hence, the woman’s death might be more than meet the eyes.” The deceased has since been buried, but building where she lived with her husband was seal has been sealed by community leaders until the completion of traditional rites being carried out to cleanse or prevent similar disaster in the community.

    Our correspondent who visited the community noticed that the deceased’s residence has been barricaded by community leaders to prevent movement in and out of the building. One of the elders of the community, adeyinka awode, who asked not to be named told the nation that the incident was a mystery. ‘’We are still startled by the unfortunate incident because it has never happened in this ancient community.

    The celestial pastor has been living in this community for over 20 years now, but he does not interact with the leadership of the community. ‘’The mysterious incident might have been caused by some diabolical forces and it is quite sad that the woman died a gruesome death.’’

  • Pastor’s wife, kids, guest killed as mistress ‘sets’ home ablaze

    Pastor’s wife, kids, guest killed as mistress ‘sets’ home ablaze

    Agony struck at Ejigbo, a Lagos suburb after a pastor’s mistress allegedly set his family’s apartment on fire.
    In the process, the pastor’s wife, two children and a relative died.
    The incident which occurred around 1am on Saturday at 46, Oladunni Memorial Street, Double Powerline, has thrown the neighbourhood into morning.
    While the pastor’s wife, Mary Shofolabo, his children Taiwo, 19, and Iredamola and a relative, Kazeem, 7, died at the General Hospital, Gbagada where they were rushed to, Segun Shofolabo and Elijah Obadina were still being treated at the hospital.
    According to the neighbours, Mrs Shofolabo was heard screaming “Iya Rachel what are you doing at my backyard” “thief” “thief” before an explosive sound.
    It was gathered that Iya Rachel, a tenant at Pastor Isaac Shofolabo’s, was dating the ‘man of God.’
    Shofolabo is the pastor-in-charge of the Celestial Church of God, Joy of the Lord Parish inside the premises.
    A man who refused to be named said Iya Rachel deliberated set out to kill all the occupants of the apartment, adding that the only passage into the place was locked from outside.
    He said: “It is a terrible thing, very shocking. It happened around 1am. It was Mama (the late Mrs Shofolabo) that woke up other residents with her scream. I was in my own room when I heard her voice and came out.
    “Coming out, I saw fire on her body and she was shouting that Iya Rachel has burnt everyone in her house. That she saw someone moving from her house and thought it was a thief. But when she looked from her window, she saw that it was Iya Rachel.
    “Since they are not close, she screamed and asked her what she was doing in her house. She woke up the other children at home and told them she saw a thief moving round and when they tried to go through the door, they realised it was locked from the outside.
    “It was when they were returning to their room that they heard the explosion and people started running. It was Mama that used her hand to break her window so that they can all come out from there.
    “When I saw her, fire was on her body and she was shouting that we should go and help her children inside the house that Iya Rachel has set fire in her house. I got to the place and saw Taiwo, Segun, Elijah and one other person.
    “They were the ones who told me that Kazeem was still inside, at that time, the fire was very heavy and no one could enter. Neighbours started trying to put out the fire while some of us rushed them to Isolo General Hospital but they were rejected.
    “We went to a private hospital and they said we have to deposit N200,000. Since we didn’t have the money, we rushed to Gbagada General Hospital.
    “There was no car and so, Mama and others were put inside tricycle, I stood by the edge of the tricycle, while Taiwo was carried on a motorcycle. By the time we got to the hospital, around 2am, Taiwo was swollen.
    “They started treating them and they were responding. Mama even told the doctor on duty what she saw and explained everything to him. But later in the day, she passed on and few minutes after her, Taiwo died too.
    “Their father came back from vigil around 4am and he saw what has happened. He followed some of the neighbours to the hospital to see them. The police was contacted that night.”
    At the trauma and burns section of the Gbagada General, family members and sympathisers trooped in to see Segun and Elijah, who were severely burnt.
    Their siblings – Bunmi, Felix and Kehinde – corroborated the claim by the neighbours that their mother narrated what she saw in the presence of the doctor before she died.
    Weeping uncontrollably, Bunmi said yesterday was Taiwo’s 19th birthday, adding that she was excited because her colleagues at her work place planned to celebrate it for her.
    Bunmi said: “Taiwo was very happy because it is the first time her birthday would be celebrated. At the saloon where she worked, her madam and colleagues had planned a celebration for her and she even called my cousin around 12am on Saturday telling her of the dress code and her new dance step.
    “We do not have anyone. Our mummy was our only support and now, she has been taken from us. My daddy knew the woman over five years ago when she moved into our compound with her husband. But her husband left when he discovered that she was my father’s lover.
    “The woman has been causing problems for my mother. She was the reason I left the house. At a point, I told my mother to leave them that she should not put her mind in whatever they were doing. Yet, the woman was not satisfied.
    “There was anniversary at the church on November 27 and people heard the woman complaining that my mother was overdressed and looking beautiful. That so, she could still look beautiful. They told my mother but she doesn’t take such things seriously. She didn’t read any meanings to it. Now, the worst has happened.
    “We are crying for justice. We have reported to the police and we are begging them to investigate well because we know that something is not right. Let whoever was responsible for the fire and deaths of my mother, my sister, brother and Kazeem pay for it. We want justice.”

  • Pastor’s wife seeks divorce from ‘life threatening’ marriage

    Pastor’s wife seeks divorce from ‘life threatening’ marriage

    Wife of a Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM) pastor, Mrs Kehinde Genesis, has pleaded with an Alakuko Customary Court in Lagos to end her two-year-old union to Babatunde, for “lack of care, constant fight and threat to my life.”

    The petitioner, 29, who resides at Omikunle Street, Meiran, a Lagos suburb, said her husband’s day was never complete except he rained curses on her.

    Mrs Genesis, a nurse said: “I never imagined it could turn out this way when we got married. We always have issues. As a nurse, whenever my husband is ill, I take care of him but, when I fall sick, he won’t show concern.

    “Even if I spend days in a hospital, my husband expects me to cook for him. There was a time I made soft Eba for him; I expected him to say he preferred the hard one, instead he abused me and accused me of being lazy.

    “I used to love him but not anymore because with everything happening in our marriage, it is like a waste of time. Before I married him, two prophets revealed to me that the person I will marry would kill me. There was a time my husband sent a text message to my siblings asking them to prepare for my burial.”

    The respondent, Genesis, said their marriage troubles started immediately after their honeymoon, decrying the laziness of his wife to cook.

    He also said they rained curses on each other whenever there was a fight and that he only beat her once.

    “My wife keeps lamenting she isn’t a slave whenever I ask her to cook. To avoid trouble, I fetch water and do other things. She is very aggressive and always on the alert to start a fight with me. If I wake my wife around 8am, there will be trouble.

    “Within the 20 months I have spent with her, she usually leaves the house without my consent. It got to a point she had no cloth in the house again. She doesn’t want to be scolded and keeps complaining about lack of care. I really don’t know the kind of care she wants,” he said.

    Genesis, 33, said there was a time he noticed his wife did not menstruate for two months and when he asked her, she said it wasn’t his business.

    “Last year, she aborted the pregnancy out of anger. We have not had sex for over three months before she packed out of the house two weeks ago. I still love her,” he said.

    The court’s President, Mr Olubode Sekoni, ordered the petitioner to stay away from the house to avoid trouble.

    He adjourned the matter till August 31.