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Top Nigerian Celebrities Whose Marriage Crashed In The Last Six Months
Love knows no bound and anyone who findeth a partner finds a good thing and obtains favour from God, but sadly, some marriages, regardless the love, collapses and celebrities are not left out in this experience.
Reasons for failed union ranges from various reasons, one might be due to compatibility issues, family issues and basically any other problem beyond what we may conceive.
The end of a failed marriage, however, does not really translate to the end of the world, as many celebrities, despite the state of their marriage, rose high above the stigma like a phoenix from the ashes of despair and excelled in their career and/or businessess.
In this article, we would be looking at celebrity marriages that collapsed in the last six months of 2022.
Actor, Kunle Afod
The wife of Yoruba actor, Kunle Afod, Desola, today, 25th of October announced that she and her husband have parted ways.
Desola made the announcement in a terse message on her Instagram page on Tuesday. She wrote, “The good news you wanna hear. I left Kunle Afod.”
Desola and Kunle have four sons together. However, the actor had earlier welcomed a daughter with an ex-lover before his marriage to Desola.
Nollywood Actor, Kunle Afod and wife, Desola
Actor Gideon Okeke
Nollywood actor, Gideon Okeke on Sunday, 23rd October confirmed separation from his wife, Chidera, after four years of marriage.
The couple, who got married in 2019, was blessed with two sons together, although the actor had previously welcomed a child with his ex-partner in 2016.
According to the actor, in a post shared on his Instagram page, he was served ‘breakfast’, and it has been a hard hot pill to swallow.
He further pleaded with people to give them privacy as they work towards a final dissolution of their marriage.
Actor Gideon Okeke and his wife, Chidera
Actress, ChaCha Eke
Nollywood actress ChaCha Eke joined the list of celebrities who announced the end of her marriage in the last six months of the year.
The actress on Tuesday, June 26, via her Instagram page announced that she had separated from her husband, Austin Faani alleging instances of violence.
Naija News understands that this is not the second time the mother of four publicly announced her separation from her husband.
In 2020, she released a video informing the public of their split.
Chacha Eke and Austin Faani first met at a Nollywood Talent show hunt back in 2007; it was not until 2009 that they met again and fell in love. The couple got married om 2013 and have four children together.
Actress, Chacha Eke and her husband, Austin Faani
Actress, Funke Akindele
The powerful couples in the Showbiz industry, Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele and her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello, aka JJC Skillz, went their separate ways after being married for 6 years.
This comes after the rapper and producer, JJC Skillz in June 30th, 2022, announced their breakup on his social media page.
The marriage had crashed following a range of issues, in which the couple refused to disclose to the media.
The couple who got married in May, 2016 is blessed with a set of twins (boys).
Funke Akindele and her husband, JJC Skillz.
