A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has slammed popular On-Air-Personality, Daddy Freeze with N5 million in damages to the husband of his lover, Benedicta Elechi.
The order was given in a ruling on the 18th of February in the case of adultery brought by Benedicta’s husband, Paul Odekina.
The relationship between her and Daddy Freeze resulted in the birth of a son, Jason in 2015.
Hon Justice Akpughunum ordered him to pay the aggrieved husband N5 million as “damages for depriving Odekina amiable consort of his wife,” who was married to Elechi at the time of the act of adultery.
The document read in part that, “The sum of N5 million 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 Respondent) and for injury suffered as a result of his adultery with Petitioner/Cross Respondent.
“An Order of injunction is hereby granted, preventing Ifedayo Olarinde – the Co-Respondent to Cross Petition – from having access or dealing whatsoever with the children of the marriage until they attain the age of majority.”
Justice Akpughunum then proceeded to dissolve the marriage between Paul and Benedicta.
He also granted Paul custody of the children produced in the marriage and ordered Benedicta to hand over the children’s passports and birth certificates.
Expectedly, the public has reacted to the latest development with varying comments:
JP@Jfriks_·How Daddy freeze went from not paying tithe to paying fine baffles me. Well, guess he’s saved enough for this.
Uche@Uche_swish·They ordered Daddy Freeze to pay N5million for committing adultery, I never knew there was penalty for adultery in Nigeria this country keeps surprising me daily
Chlorpheniramine #EndSARS @VictorIsrael_·The Highlight of this Daddy Freeze Adultery gist is the woman’s Husband. Instead of creating a scene or gathering family members to come &settle the issue, he went straight to court & became N5 million naira richer He’ll now pay tithe from the money to pepper Mr Freeze. A king
YH @YemihazanThe husband is a real one tho, caught his wife cheating with Daddy freeze, went straight to court and bagged N5 Million instead of unnecessary noise & fight, man cashed out & can still divorce the wife.
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