- A Zimbabwean man puzzled his village when he decided to marry the grand-mother of his children as his second wife
- The lustful man allegedly fell in love with his mother-in-law and not even threats of curses from village elders could stop him from pursuing the grandmother
- The mother of his children dragged him to court and accused him of abusing her and absconding his matrimonial obligations
- And if you thought what this man did was beyond immoral, then you will be very disappointed to hear the court's verdict on the weighty family matter
In nearly all African traditions, a romantic relationship between a man and his mother-in-law will not only be frowned at, but such an affair will attract curses and severe punishment, including being banished from the community.
Well, according to NewDay (ND), a Nigerian-based news outlet, traditions could not stop one randy Zimbabwean man from marrying the grand-mother of his children.
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Vvashko Sande puzzled his village when he decided to marry his mother-in-law as a second wife, despite stern warning from elders and angry protest from his first wife, Vimbai Magora.
Man married both mother-in-law and her daughter against stern warning from his elders.Photo: NewDay Nigeria.
Magora, who reportedly has four children with Sande, could not take it. She dragged him to court and accused him of abusing her and absconding his matrimonial duties to spend time with her mother.
“We got married in 2008 , but since 2011 he has been hostile as he had fallen in love with my mother,” Magora told a magistrate court in Zimbabwe's Zvishavane town.
Magora also told the magistrate that Sande was beating and insulting her and that he had threatened to throw her and her four children out of their matrimonial home.
"The family members have not been able to stop him. He never listened to anyone. Elder members of our family tried to discipline him but that too did not work. He still proceeded to marry my mother as his second wife," Magora lamented.
In his defense, Sande admitted that he was indeed deeply in love with his mother-in-law and he wanted to spend the rest of his life with the two women.
“It is true that I love my mother-in-law, but I also still love my wife . I would like to spend the rest of my life with the two women,” Sande pleaded with the court.
While ruling on the matter, the presiding judge, Shepherd Mjanja, ordered Sande to desist from emotionally and physically torturing his first wife.
The judge did not annul the marriage between Sande and his mother-in-law.
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