{"id":758303,"date":"2019-12-04T19:04:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T19:04:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/04\/john-dumelo-calls-for-the-legalization-of-polygamy-in-ghana-since-most-men-have-side-chicks-his-wife-reacts\/"},"modified":"2019-12-04T19:04:21","modified_gmt":"2019-12-04T19:04:21","slug":"john-dumelo-calls-for-the-legalization-of-polygamy-in-ghana-since-most-men-have-side-chicks-his-wife-reacts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/04\/john-dumelo-calls-for-the-legalization-of-polygamy-in-ghana-since-most-men-have-side-chicks-his-wife-reacts\/","title":{"rendered":"John Dumelo Calls For The Legalization Of Polygamy In Ghana Since Most Men Have Side Chicks&#8230;His Wife Reacts |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">Ghanian actor-cum-politician, John Dumelo has opined that polygamy should be legalized in Ghana since most men have side chicks. The actor, while agitating for Ghana&#8217;s marriage and ordinance law against polygamy to be repealed, explained that most married men have women they have affairs with outside their marriage, who perform the same duties as wives.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cUnder customary law and Mohammedans law Cap 129, a man can marry more than one woman. Under the marriage Ordinace Cap 127, a man is allowed to marry only one woman. If he marries more than one, he commits bigamy. I think it&#8217;s time for that to be repealed. After all most married men have side chicks and it&#8217;s time elevate them to wifey stautus because they peroform the same duties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>John Dumelo also added that in the same vein, polyandry should legalized for women to be allowed to marry more than one man.<\/p>\n<p>His wife, Mrs Gifty Mawunya Dumelo, replied to his post, writing: \u201cEqual rights indeed &#8230;babe hurry home and meet my new new husband.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>John Dumelo&#8217;s post has now been removed from his Instagram page.<\/p>\n<p>Dumelo also granted an interview to Accra based <em>Citi FM<\/em>. During the interview, he said there&#8217;s nothing wrong with engaging in polygamy as long as the family has enough resources to take care of the large household that will result from a polygamous marriage. According to John Dumelo, women should also be allowed to chose multiple husbands because it is &#8220;perfect&#8221; for both ways.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI feel that there\u2019s nothing wrong with it. I mean if our brothers and sisters who are Muslims are doing it perfectly, why not Christians? Provided you can take care of your family and your two or three wives that\u00a0is fine and I mean, I speak to a lot of Muslim friends of mine and they are okay with it, personally I don\u2019t believe in it but I feel it\u2019s good for Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reversal is also perfect, do it both ways, do it for women also but naturally, men are like that and women aren\u2019t so you will find less women doing that but I think should be legalized.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.5&appId=125178819853\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanian actor-cum-politician, John Dumelo has opined that polygamy should be legalized in Ghana since most men have side chicks. 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