{"id":758559,"date":"2019-12-05T03:45:18","date_gmt":"2019-12-05T03:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/12\/05\/dumelos-wife-reacts-to-husbands-polygamy-comment\/"},"modified":"2019-12-05T03:45:18","modified_gmt":"2019-12-05T03:45:18","slug":"dumelos-wife-reacts-to-husbands-polygamy-comment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/12\/05\/dumelos-wife-reacts-to-husbands-polygamy-comment\/","title":{"rendered":"Dumelo\u2019s wife reacts to husband\u2019s polygamy comment \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"td_uid_16_5de87d4c95d13\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ghbase-3-by250mobile --><\/p>\n<p>Gifty Mawuenya, wife of Ghanaian actor and politician John Dumelo has reacted to her husband\u2019s comment that polygamy should be legalized in the country.<\/p>\n<p>John Dumelo in the deleted Instagram post this morning stated that wives should allow their husbands to marry their side-chicks since these side women perform the same duties as wives. <\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cUnder customary law and Mohammedans law Cap 129, a man can marry more than one woman. Under the marriage Ordinance Cap 127, a man is allowed to marry only one woman. If he marries more than one, he commits bigamy. I think it\u2019s time for that to be repealed. After all most married men have side chicks and it\u2019s time elevate them to wifey status because they perform the same duties,\u201d<\/strong><\/em> he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- Responsive Link Ads --><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1575517517_11_Screenshot_20191204-103630.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"1450\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70902\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.8.8 --><\/p>\n<p>Explaining further on Citi FM, he noted that although he does not believe in Polygamy, there is nothing wrong with engaging in the act once the family has enough resources to take care of the multiple wives and Children.<\/p>\n<p>He said; <em><strong>\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\u2019s fine and I mean, I speak to a lot of Muslim friends of mine and they\u2019re okay with it, personally I don\u2019t believe in it but I feel it\u2019s good for Ghana.\u201c<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Reacting to her husband\u2019s comment, Gifty under the deleted post commented: <em><strong>\u201cEqual rights indeed\u2026..babe hurry home and meet my new husband\u201d<\/strong><\/em> meaning she doesn\u2019t support her husband\u2019s idea.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/1575517518_272_john-dumelo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"555\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-70963\"   data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '344897979702391');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><script>\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '{417760605018633}',\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v2.0'\n    });\n  };<\/p>\n<p>  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n  }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><script>(function() {\n  var _fbq = window._fbq || (window._fbq = []);\n  if (!_fbq.loaded) {\n    var fbds = document.createElement('script');\n    fbds.async = true;\n    fbds.src = \"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbds.js\";\n    var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n    s.parentNode.insertBefore(fbds, s);\n    _fbq.loaded = true;\n  }\n  _fbq.push(['addPixelId', '1526641470925053']);\n})();\nwindow._fbq = window._fbq || [];\nwindow._fbq.push(['track', 'PixelInitialized', {}]);\n<\/script><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '764532410420944');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Gifty Mawuenya, wife of Ghanaian actor and politician John Dumelo has reacted to her husband\u2019s comment that polygamy should be legalized in the country. 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