NIGERIAN WITH 86 WIVES
Sep 12th, 2008 by admin
The 84 year old man with 86 wives, Pa Abubakar Bello Masaba has denied being a member of a secret cult and debunked the claims of insanity attributed to him by the Bida Emirate Council.
Masaba was described, in a recent interview by the Niger State Chairman of traditional Rulers and Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar as a member of a secret Cult and a psychiatric patient. Reacting to this allegation, Masaba denied both allegations.
According to him, “if I have gone nuts as said in several quarters, how can a psychiatric patient live with 86 women and 114 children and a multitude of followers in peace.
“They should go and investigate my wives; some of these women are well educated, if they did not believe or see the hand of God in my life, will they stay with me? My 85th wife is a sister to the Emir who claims I am insane; at what point did I become insane? I married her in September 2005 with the connivance and consent of the Emir, who was physically present to bless our marriage and I paid every necessary thing on her.
“Both she and the Emir then knew that I had 84 wives with me before she became the 85th. But because of this recent crisis we are no longer together as husband and wife as she sued for divorce August 27 2008, about two weeks ago I granted her request.
Meanwhile, Masaba has obtained an order from the Abuja high court in Nigeria to restrain the Emir and the Bida Emirate from Banishing him pending the determination of the substantive suit in court.