A 73-year-old pastor, Sale Ekah, has sued his grandson Danjuma Ejiji to a Makurdi Upper Area Court, for snatching his wife Fatima, and child.
Pastor Ekah told the court on Wednesday in Makurdi that he married Fatima lawfully under the Idoma Native Laws and Customs.
He averred that the accused (Danjuma Ejiji) is also a native of Idoma and resides at Obagaji, Agatu Local Government Area of the State.
The pastor said the accused was subject to the Idoma Native Laws and Customs, adding that adultery is a criminal offence, which contravenes Section 387 of the Penal Code Laws.
He disclosed that the accused, sometime in November 2017, seized his wife, who was pregnant, and cooped her up in his house until she was delivered of a baby boy.
The pastor explained that he carried out all the traditional marriage rites in accordance with the Idoma Native Laws and Customs.
“My wife is with my grandson, the accused. Fatima was selling pap and will always come to sell akamu to me. Her parents later released her to me to help me in cooking food from there she took interest in marrying me.
“I told her that I am too old for her and she is too young, but she continued pestering me to marry her,” the pastor told the court of the actions of his grandson.
The Magistrate, Ms Rose Ioryshe, adjourned the case to September 6 for cross examination and defence.
– NAN