Tremendous Eagles striker, Kayode Olarenwaju, has urged a Federal Capital Territory Excessive Courtroom to dissolve his marriage to his estranged spouse, Ezinne, as a result of it has damaged down irretrievably.
The Turkey-based footballer who can be looking for custody of their kids, urged the courtroom to order a UK-based pastor, Tobi Adegboyega, to pay him N1bn in damages for the emotional trauma, monetary loss, and lack of goodwill attributable to his “adulterous affair” with Ezinne.
Olarenwaju and Ezinne have been engaged in a marital battle following allegations of infidelity, amongst different points.
The matter took one other twist when Ezinne instituted authorized motion towards her estranged husband.
Within the go well with dated March 20, 2024, Ezinne accused Olarenwaju of constructing baseless allegations of infidelity and witchcraft towards her and her mom, including that Olarenwaju broken her telephone within the course of.
She mentioned, “Upon arriving from Turkey personally and with out prior discover to his spouse or kids, the Respondent rained abuses on the Petitioner and her mom, making baseless accusations of infidelity and witchcraft and attempting to power the Petitioner out of her matrimonial residence. Within the course of, the Respondent smashed the Petitioner’s iPhone 15 pro-Max past restore.”
Nevertheless, in a cross-petition marked PET/304/2024 filed on July 1, 2024, a duplicate of which was seen by our correspondent on Monday, the Tremendous Eagles striker accused Ezinne of repeatedly committing adultery with the UK-based pastor and different males since their marriage in 2013.
Ezinne and the UK-based pastor are the Respondent and Co-Respondent respectively in Olarenwaju’s cross-petition.
The Tremendous Eagles striker additionally claimed in his cross-petition that his estranged spouse kidnapped their kids, who have been later rescued by the Division of State Companies personnel.
He mentioned, “While the Cross Petitioner was nonetheless attempting to get his information proper and phantom a method to have all of the lingering points resolved, the Respondent, underneath the guise of going to church on March 24, 2024, kidnapped the youngsters of the wedding and absconded to an unknown location in Abuja.
The Respondent then knowledgeable his lawyer to put in writing a petition to the DSS relating to the kidnapping of the youngsters of the wedding.
“Pursuant to the aforesaid petition, the DSS was in a position to observe the situation of the Respondent and acquired her arrested with the youngsters of the wedding in her hideout someplace in Brains and Hammers Property, Abuja. The Respondent was subsequently granted bail.”
Olanrewaju accused his estranged spouse of undermining their joint enterprise ventures.
He mentioned, “The Cross Petitioner in his bid to have a lifetime funding in Nigeria determined someday in 2019 to include an organization and certainly included DE- J-S Idea Ltd. as a automobile for his investments in Nigeria and likewise made the Respondent a shareholder and a director.
“ The Cross Petitioner thereafter bought many properties from one realtor, Ugochukwu Igboanugo of Ziloc Constructions Restricted, who was initially launched to the Cross Petitioner by the Respondent and it was later found that the mentioned Ugochukwu Igboanugo was an ex-lover of the Respondent.
“Unknown to the Cross Petitioner, the Respondent has connived with the mentioned Ugochukwu Igboanugo and picked up all of the property paperwork and has been solely and personally amassing hire proceeds from the properties, expending similar on her amorous relationship with the Co-Respondent to the Cross Petition.”
On why the courtroom ought to grant him the custody of the youngsters, Olarenwaju mentioned, “The Respondent just isn’t bothered with the tutorial and psychological well-being and stability of the youngsters of the wedding as the identical is obvious in her actions by having romantic and sex-related discussions with the Co-Respondent and different males within the presence of the youngsters. Certainly, her absconding with the youngsters while college is in session with out regard to teachers leaves a lot to be desired.”
His reliefs learn, “ An order for a decree of dissolution of the wedding between the Cross-Petitioner and Respondent/Petitioner on the grounds that the wedding has damaged down irretrievably.
“An order granting custody of the youngsters of the wedding to the Cross-Petitioner with proper of entry to the Respondent.
“An order towards the Co-Respondent for the cost of the sum of N1,000,000,000 to the Cross Petitioner for the emotional trauma, monetary loss and lack of goodwill occasioned by the adulterous relationship between the Co-Respondent and the Respondent.”
The matter has been slated for listening to on September 24, 2024.