A popular 69-year-old Igbo herbalist, Chief Simon Odo, who married an 18-year-old girl, Chidinma, as his 57th wife recently has said that he would not marry again, having had a fair of women in his life.
His latest wife, Chidinma was married from Okutu in Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State.
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Odo, also known variously as Onuwa, King Solomon of Africa king satan was however married to 68 women but some of them had earlier died, Augustina Odo (Nee Asogwa) and Virginia, nee Mogbo from Oraifite were among the dead ones.
According to the herbalist, “I was born in 1947 on that they had an eclipse of the sun and the moon.
There was darkness in the afternoon on the day I was born. I was the only son of my parents.
“I was baptized as a Christian in the Catholic Church and I even became a mass servant under Rev. Father Desmond Mc Glade. I however, became a herbalist because of circumstances beyond my control. As I said, I was the only son of my parents but because some of his relations wanted to take over his landed property, they poisoned me. I contacted tuberculosis and had to be treated for years. At a point, I was even unable to walk for about five years because I became lame.
“I ran to Ondo State in the South West, where I trained to become a herbalist at the ago of 15, before returning to the village. I married 15 wives when my father was alive and the situation prolonged his life. He died in 1992 at the ripe ago of 90 years. My first son has seven children and four grandchildren. On the whole, I have 200 children.
“Any of my children who chooses to become a Christian is free to do so provided he/she must be a Catholic.
I don’t like the Pentecostal Churches”
On feeding of his large family, he said “People think that I feed may of them, but this is not true. Most of my children are grown up.
The boys among them usually marry and go to their own houses just like the girls who marry and follow their husbands to their places.
“However, my wives cook food for the whole family in turns. For example, if it is the turn of Ada or Omada to cook. She would invite five of her colleagues to assist her in cooking. One woman cooks for everybody in the house at a time but my other wives would always assist such a person.
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