November 07, (THEWILL) – Nollywood actresses, Mercy Johnson, Ini Edo, Nuella Njubigbo and Lizzy Anjorin-Lawal share a lot in common. Beyond being seasoned actresses, who have paid their dues, they were (are) also married to men whose marital lives were shrouded in controversy. Although Mercy and Lizzy are enjoying marital bliss now, they both had to fight through thick and thin to bask in the euphoria of the happiness they are experiencing today. The same cannot be said of Ini and Nuella, both of who had to return to the singles club as quickly as they left it.
Mercy’s marriage to her husband, Prince Odianosen Okojie, was enmeshed in a lot of fuss right from the time their engagement was announced in 2011. Okojie’s estranged wife, Lovelyn, accused the actress of snatching her husband and the father of her two children, Precious Okojie and Harmony Okojie. She tagged the actress a home breaker and made frantic efforts to stop their wedding. However, Prince Okojie was able to secure a divorce proceeding at Igbueben Area Customary Court in Edo State, 72 hours before his wedding to Mercy. Although he was separated from Lovelyn before his wedding to Mercy, he only started the divorce proceedings after his engagement with Mercy had been announced and a four-day wedding extravaganza declared. Their wedding eventually held amidst tight security and anxiety over the shape the much talked about ceremony would take, because of the controversies surrounding it.
Like Mercy, Ini Edo’s marriage to Philip Ehiagwina was faced with bitter tales as well. Her husband’s, ex-wife, Ruth Okoro, made a public accusation against the two before they got married. She sent several messages to the actress on MySpace, an American social networking site, under disguise. She accused the actress of snatching her husband and also made efforts to tarnish Philip’s image. She went as far as lying that he was under investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and that he was being hunted by them. However, Philip denied the allegations and proceeded with the wedding ceremony, but their union couldn’t stand the test of time, as it packed up five years later over allegations of infidelity on the part of Ini. Philip gave marriage a third chance a few months ago.
As for Lizzy Anjorin-Lawal, she got married to her lover of 14 years, Lawal Adegboyega, in 2020. Not long after their marriage, one of her husband’s exes, Fola Tinubu, accused him of abandonment. She also accused Liz Anjorin of snatching her husband and making him forget his four other ‘wives’ and children. Lawal denied the allegations stating that he never got married to any of the women and he wasn’t sure of the paternity of the child the accuser claimed to be his own. He later requested a DNA test to ascertain the paternity of the child, a request that is yet to be fulfilled up till date. To further make a joke of Fola, Lizzy, who put to bed a few months ago, recently posted her own child’s DNA test to prove that Lawal is the father of her child.
Actress and entrepreneur, Nuella Njubigbo, got married to movie producer Tchidi Chikere in 2014 in a star-studded wedding and they welcomed their daughter in 2015. Before then, Tchidi was married to actress and beauty entrepreneur, Sophie Williams, but was dating Nuella on the side.
Much as Sophie tried to make Tchidi not to leave her for Nuella, Tchidi dumped her and their three kids after nine years of marriage, for Nuella. He was with Nuella for seven years before they parted ways in 2020. When the marriage broke down, many blamed the mother of one for her marital woes. They accused her of wrecking her husband’s first union with Sophie. While Nuella is back in the single’s club, Sophie is already in another altar-bound relationship.
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