We have seen highly controversial weddings among female celebrities. The issue to my knowledge, in the public domain, is not whether these husbands were “second hand” husbands but rather whether they fulfilled their responsibilities to their children or ex-spouses( where a prior marriage was concerned) before attempting to remarry, okay perhaps Actress Funke Akindele’s marriage might have been the exception to the rule; but that was justified under Islamic religion where a man can have more than one wife.
Mercy Johnson who married a man who was allegedly still married in Italy, his Italian Nigerian wife even produced valid marriage documents yet Mercy Johnson married him. To resolve that issue, the man at the time of the wedding, and within 24hours, sought for a traditional divorce of his Italian wife in Nigeria. The jurisdictional issue whether he was still married in Italy remained. To date, we are unsure whether his wife in Italy filed for a divorce. For the life of me, I can’t understand why anyone will say ‘yes’ to a man that has not broken ties from a previous marriage i.e. he is still married with two kids. Divorce and marry, the law permits you to do so. Don’t take someone to the altar while you are legally married to another, especially where your soon to be wife allegedly has no clue.
The second example is the Tiwa Savage case. Tiwa Savage’s marriage to T-Billz was controversial regardless of the luxurious weddings and fan fare. Initially, most were very happy for her. She is the darling of the industry. However, when a Nigerian-American Los Angeles based woman emerged on the internet, complete with pictures of T-Billz with two children he fathered by this woman, and accused T-Billz of not providing for his children and not having contact with them for some years now, it became quite embarrassing to watch and imagine that this was who Savage wanted to spend the rest of her life with. To my knowledge, there was no explicit denial by T-Billz of the accusations, rather, he made a statement on how he tries to be the best father.
Meanwhile, you had Tiwa Savage singing praises on how T-Billz was the best and believed and invested in her when others wouldn’t.
Here is a concise list of female entertainers in Nigeria who are truly married to second hand husbands.
Mercy Aigbe-Gentry
Mercy Aigbe-Gentry falls into the category of celebrities that married second hand husbands. Her husband, Lanre Gentry was previously married with three children to show for it. Lanre is said to have completed his divorce process. However, Mercy Aigbe also had a child before getting married to her Mr. Gentry.
Mercy Johnson
Mercy Johnson’s marriage to Prince Okojie was a celebrity marriage that almost didn’t hold. This was due to the scandal that rocked the preparations for the wedding as the wife of the man wanted to stop the union. Mercy Johnson’s husband, Prince Okojie’s had two children before he married Mercy.
Nse Ikpe Etim
Lovely actress, Nse got married in a civil ceremony on Valentine’s Day last year and followed it up with a traditional marriage two months later in Akwa Ibom. Her husband, Clifford Sule had already fathered a son from an earlier relationship before getting married to Nse.
Laide Bakare
Laide Bakare is another second hand wife, who got married to a second hand husband. Alhaji Mutairu Atanda Orilowo. She left her former husband, Olumide Okufulure after the pair fell apart. Though there was controversy when her former husband claimed paternity of her child with her new husband, she is always quick to tell the world she is happy with her new husband. However, her new tokunbo husband is currently facing fraud charges with the EFCC.
Foluke Daramola
Foluke Daramola recently celebrated her one year marriage anniversary to her second husband, Kayode Salako. Mr Salako already had three sons from his wife before he got married to Foluke.
Tiwa Savage and Tunji Teebillz Balogun’s white wedding that took place at the Armani Hotel in Dubai today (April 26, 2014)
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