Court Dissolves Paul Okoye’s Marriage To Anita

The marriage of popular Nigerian singer, Paul Okoye to Anita has been dissolved by an Abuja High court sitting in Maitama.

Anita while giving reasons for requesting a divorce from the singer on Monday pointed to cheating, separation, being an absent father, fraud, and difficult experiences.

The estranged wife of the popular singer requested a monthly settlement of $20,000 and a number of her husband’s mansions.

Anita in her divorce petition earlier signed by her lawyer, Ojonimi Akpe and Okutepa J.S at an Abuja High Court claimed that she contributed N10 million as an agreement with her husband that she would be granted space at the mall he had just completed in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos.

She, however, accused Paul Okoye of cheating her out of a deal.

The petition reads in part, “That I know as a fact that the petitioner founded a company called TannkCo in 2019.

“That the petitioner and the respondent agreed to build a mall where TannkCo would have its main offices, and the petitioner contributed N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) for the purchase of the land and the building of the mall.

“That I know as a fact that the respondent, upon completion of the mall, reneged on the agreement and failed to give TannkCo a space in the mall.”

Anita, however, decided to withdraw the claims and opted to settle following the alleged inability to prove all of the claims in her petition to the court.

The court in its judgment granted joint custody of the children to the parties.