Chief Simon Odo, popularly referred to as ‘Onu Uwa’ says he desires to have a village of his own, for a good reason:
The 68 years old herbal practitioner is married to all of 56 women and over 300 children, and he told Daily Times, “I can only stop marrying more wives whenever I can no longer satisfy women sexually.
The 68 years old herbal practitioner is married to all of 56 women and over 300 children, and he told Daily Times, “I can only stop marrying more wives whenever I can no longer satisfy women sexually.
” The renowned herbalist who branded himself “Africa’s King Solomon” our correspondent that from biblical records, King Solomon had 700 concubines; “There is nothing wrong in my having retinue of wives”.Early life Story “My name is Simon Odo, born in 1947 into a Christian family. I later became a mass server at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Aji where I was baptized in 1956 and got confirmed in 1958. I suffered so much as a child. According his account, he lost his father at the age of 16 over a parcel of land his father swore he will not give up to his kinsmen.
“After his death, I was also inflicted with tuberculosis by the same people because I demanded to know the cause of the death of my father. I suffered from the tuberculosis for five years after which they crippled me for another five. At this point I cried and said, God why will you allow all these to befall me.” How I became a native doctor “After my outcry, I ran to one old native doctor in Ijebu Ode and stayed there for seven years, it was there I learnt the trade of native medicine and began to practice. “I do all manner of jobs for people, but the only thing I don’t do is to prepare charm for armed robbers. If you go to Anambra state, all the people late Osita Osadebe mentioned in his music “People’s club” had at one time or the other visited my shrine for services.” Counting 54 years in practice, Odo said he has aided people to travel abroad with his native medicine practice and boasts that no embassy can deny them visa to travel to any country of their choice.. “I am not a politician, but a good number of politicians are my clients, they come here with all manner of gifts after a successful business.”The women in my life “I have 56 wives and they all are hardworking; some own restaurants while some are civil servants. Three of my wives are graduates. At times I quarrel with my wives, but it is on record that none of my wives have been involved in adultery, because if anyone of them indulges in adultery, she will be stuck with the man without been separated for a long period; so none of them can dream of keeping a man outside my home. “I have sent about five of my wives home because of misbehavior.” Daily Times gathered that his wives come from the tribes and tongues across the country and he is welcome wherever he proposes to a woman. “I married both from Yoruba, Benue, Kogi, Calabar, Anambra and Enugu among others. I will advise men not to marry up to three wives. Any person who wishes to emulate me should prepare his casket; this is my agreement with God. I will not stop marrying till I die, or until my manhood stops working. “I am a blessed man; I spend the average of N1.4 million on feeding my household monthly and I give out cars out as gifts to my in-laws.” The old fellow said there is no magic to his love story as people may think other than love and sexual satisfaction. “All my marriages were gifts of love and not by charm. I marry all my wives according to the custom and tradition of where they come from. I don’t marry with less than N100, 000.00. I have built houses for some of my in-laws, and as I said earlier some of my in-laws receive car gifts from me; you can go and verify my claims. “I do not marry anyone from rich families; I prefer to marry from the poor ones because this enables me to help them one way or the other. I came to the world for beautiful women to love, to follow and marry me.” Short of being a nymphomaniac, the Odo boasts he satisfies all his wives sexually. “None of them have complained of sex starvation; I make love to a reasonable number of them daily and I believe that sexual satisfaction of my wives is a gift from God. “The beautiful aspect of my family is that there was a time about seven of my wives put to bed in one day. The young ones that are still active in bed are more than 11 at any given time, and my latest wife who I just married last December is only 15 years.” Number of children “My children are numerous and that is what I bargained for as Africa’s King Solomon. Out of 56 wives, some have seven, eight, five and three children; some are still pregnant, just last week, one of them delivered a set of twins. “I can’t say the number that is pregnant as I speak with you. I feed all of them comfortably without hassles. I have an estate to solve accommodation challenges of my family. All my wives and children have never complained of lack of accommodation. My children, to say the fact, are over 300 to my credit.” Does he have problems recognizing his children individually? “I recognize my children because they all have marks as identity. My children don’t mix themselves up either and can never sleep with themselves or marry themselves. If they do the person will die instantly: Training my children “I am a lover of Western education; I own a nursery and primary school where some of my children attend with some of my wives as teachers, and I also employed other capable teachers. I train those of them who crave for education even to the university level.
