few days ago, the gossip mill was awash with the news
that popular Nollywood actress, Ini Edo’s marriage to US-
based businessman, Phillip Ehiagwina, had broken up.
The news was initially received with mixed feelings. But
some people, mostly fans of the actress, could not believe
it.
Sources, believed to be very close to the couple, said the
breakup was due to allegations of cheating and distrust
between Ini and Phillip. Also, they accused the groom’s
family of aiding the dissolution of the marriage because the
actress did not give birth to a child.
Peddling the sad news across the social media, the sources
added that the bride’s family had returned the bride price
that was paid to them during the couple’s wedding
ceremony.
But many people did not believe what they heard until Ini
herself decided to open up on the matter. In a message
posted on her Twitter page on Thursday, the actress did not
only confirm the story that her marriage had crashed, she
also went on to refute a rumour that she cheated on her
former husband.
She tweeted, “There is a conscious and malicious attempt to
tarnish my image. I asked for a divorce from my ex-
husband because of lots of irreconcilable differences. I
never cheated on him.”
Although it is not known if Ini’s response has silenced some
of her critics who have blamed her for the breakup, it is
obvious that the erstwhile love birds would have celebrated
their sixth anniversary of their marriage next month. The
couple got married in November 2008 in an elaborate
ceremony that was held in Houston, Texas in the United
States.
Unfortunately, a recent twist to the current development
appears to rule out the possibility of reconciliation soon. E-
PUNCH gathered that, following the breakup, the actress
decided to remove traces of her married status from her
social media accounts.
Ini’s bio-data on Instagram now bears the word ‘actress’
without ‘wife’. Sources note that while she has reverted to
her maiden name and dropped her ex husband’s surname,
she was spotted in a few public appearances without her
wedding ring.
The breakup, which has been trending on social media since
about two days ago, is still being received with shock and
disbelief for obvious reasons.
With more than 50 appearances in movies to her credit and
a large fan base, Ini comes across easily as one of the most
popular actresses in Nollywood. Naturally, her fans and well
wishers would be interested in whatever happens to her or
become touched by any change in her fortune.
At the outset of her marriage, Ini enjoyed a lot of goodwill,
especially from those who had been anxious to see her get
married. Not one of this people expected that their icon’s
marriage would end up this way crashing in less than eight
years.
However, if the crash of Ini’s marriage shook the social
media, actress Uche Ogbodo’s brief union with Ato Ubby did
not fare better. In just one month, Uche’s marriage broke up
to the disappointment of her numerous fans. In an interview
she granted an online publication, she claimed that the crash
was due to “irreconcilable” differences.
Uche was quoted as saying, “The foundation of the union
was based on lies and deceit. Shocking lies. I just want to
be left alone to take care of my child. I wasn’t married; I was
engaged to be married but as things stand now, the
engagement is officially broken due to irreconcilable
differences.”
Also, the nation woke up one morning to reports in the
media that Pastor Anita Oyakhilome, the wife of celebrity
pastor and President of the Believers Love World Inc, Chris
Oyakhilome, had decided to divorce him. The reports
claimed that Anita was seeking divorce based allegations of
‘adultery’ and ‘unreasonable behaviour’.
Later, investigation showed she actually applied for divorce
on the ground that the marriage had “broken down
irretrievably.”
Before then, Oyakhilome’s neighbour and leader of the
Household of God Church, Pastor Chris Okotie, on June 24,
2012, announced that his second marriage to two-time
divorcee, Stephanie Henshaw, had collapsed.
“Stephanie and I are no longer married. We have separated.
You can see she’s not in church today. It’s due to
irreconcilable differences and you should please respect our
wishes at this time because there is no going back,” Okotie
was quoted as saying.
Of course, the likes of Funke Akindele and Doris Simeon
also, not long ago, had their own shares of marriage
breakup.
Culled from Punch
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