UNITED KINGDOM – Newcastle United midfielder Cheick Tiote’s Zimbabwean mistress, Nikkie Mpofu, has blown a gasket over reports that the player, who earns £45,000 a week, had married a second woman in his native Ivory Coast.
According to British newspaper reports Tiote wed Laeticia Doukrou in a traditional ceremony this month, despite already being married to first wife Madah, 25. The 28-year-old midfielder lives with Madah and their two children in a £1.5million mansion in Ponteland near Newcastle.
Trouser-snake Tiote also has a one-year-old child with mistress Nikki Mpofu. According to The Sun newspaper, the 33-year-old Zimbabwean ended her three-year affair with the footballer, claiming he had promised to make her his wife.
Mpofu reportedly told a friend: ‘He met my mum and said he’s permitted to have several wives. I was comfortable with that. He’s used me like a mop. He’s just a pig.’
It’s reported however that Tiote’s first wife has reportedly forgiven him for marrying another woman. His agent Jean Musampa said:
“I can say that he did get married and that it is his second marriage. This is nothing unusual. He is a Muslim.”
Polygamy was abolished in the Ivory Coast in 1964. Despite this, and the threat of six months to three years in prison or a fine, polygamy in west Africa is a very common practice.
It tends to be more prevalent among the animist (a form of spiritualism) and the Muslim communities. Under Sharia law polygamy is completely legitimate as Muslim men are permitted to take up to four wives.
