Yoruba actor and movie-maker, Afeez Owo, has blamed the marital strife his marriage to fellow thespian, Mide Martins, once suffered to his spouse’s friends.
The couple had sometime in 2016 engaged in a public row during which the actress in a post on her Instagram handle, said contrary to report it was her spouse who moved out of their matrimonial home and abandoned her and their children.
She wrote in part: “Life Is a Mystery!!!…. We live in a world where so many strange things happen that are beyond human comprehension… First of all I want correct this impression of me moving out of my husband’s house, I did not leave my house nor pack out of his house, On the contrary, he was the one that left me and moved out of the house!!…. And this happened like 3months ago when we had a minor argument over the well being of his children… And he packed out of the house abandoning me and 5 children at home; His 2kids, Our 2cousins that has been leaving with us for the past 10yrs now and the househelp… Anyone who is close to the house or our family can testify to it that I am still in the house that we have lived together for 4yrs now, he was the one that moved out and rented another apartment two weeks after… Presently as we speak, he’s now leaving in his new house, neglected his wife, kids & responsibilities since…I tried to resolve this issue by informing some of our close relatives but all to no avail.”
In an interview with Punch, the father-of-two said the couple has long made up blaming his spouse’s friends for the open friction.
He said, “There will always be challenges in a home but it depends on how you handle them. Friends nearly ruined our marriage; my wife was wrongly advised. As we speak, she still regrets all those things she did or said. Couples will always fight, but they don’t need to let their neighbours know about it. We’ve made our mistakes and we have learnt from it. We don’t pray for that anymore.”
