A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on
February 18, 2021, ordered popular On-Air Personality, Ifedayo Olarinde, fondly
referred to as Daddy Freeze, to pay the sum of N5m for committing adultery with
one Benedicta Elechi.
Daddy Freeze was ordered to pay the money to Paul Odekina,
who was married to Elechi at the time the adulterous act was committed.
In the Court documents, with the suit
no PHC/403MC/2012, Mrs Benedicta Odekina is the Petitioner/Cross Respondent,
while Mr Paul Odekina is 1st Respondent and Cross Petitioner while Ifedayo
Olarinde (Freeze) is the Co-Respondent.
The presiding judge, Hon Justice Akpughunum, ruled that the
OAP pay the sum of N5m as “damages for depriving Odekina amiable consort of his
wife”.
The document read in part, “The sum of N5,000,000 is awarded
against Ifedayo Olarinde (the 2nd Cross Respondent to the Cross Petition) as
damages for depriving the Cross Petitioner of the amiable consort of his wife
(Petitioner/1st Cross Respondent) and for injury suffered as a result of his
adultery with the Petitioner/Cross Respondent.
“An Order of injunction is hereby granted, preventing
Ifedayo Olarinde ― the Co-Respondent to the Cross Petition ― from having access
or dealing whatsoever with the children of the marriage until they attain the
age of majority.”
The Judge then proceeded to dissolve the marriage between
Paul and Benedicta due to Benedicta’s adulterous act with Daddy Freeze.
“An order of Decree Nisi is hereby granted, dissolving the
marriage contracted between Paul Ochenu Odekina and Benedicta Nkemdilim
Elechi-Agunabo on the 26/1/2002 at the Chaplaincy of the Holy Rosary CIWA at
Port Harcourt on the ground that the marriage has been broken down
irretrievably by reason of the Petitioner/ Cross respondent having committed
adultery and intolerable behaviour of the Petitioner/ Cross Respondent which
the Respondent cannot be expected to live with the Petitioner/Cross Respondent,”
the document read.
However, Paul has been granted custody of the children
produced in the marriage and Benedicta has been ordered to hand over the
children’s passports and birth certificates.
The document read, “The custody of the three children of the
marriage is hereby granted to the Respondent/Cross Petitioner. To give effect
to the proposed arrangement for the educational advancement welfare and health
of the children of the marriage, the Petitioner/Cross Respondent is hereby
ordered and directed to hand over the international passports and birth
certificates of the children to the Respondent/Cross Petitioner.”
Daddy Freeze confirmed the development but noted that he would release a statement over the matter.
“I will release a statement on my Instagram handle in due
time; not today, but in due time. There are things that I want to ensure that I
have proper information on before I release my statement.
“Here is my take, watch my Instagram handle; I will address
this properly and release my statement but I have to be guarded. I am just
discussing with the appropriate quarters how best to address this issue.
Please, just watch my Instagram handle. Before the end of next week, I will
have a response,” he said.
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