Daddy Freeze Challenges Adultery Judgment Debt of N5m
An On-Air-Personality, OAP, Ifedayo Olarinde has challenged the Rivers State High Court ruling that demands he pays the sum of five million naira “N5m” for committing adultery with a married woman, Benedicta Odekina.
Benedicta is a wife to the executive general manager of Human Resource at Total E&P Nigeria Limited, Mr Paul Odekina.
Justice Akpughunum of the River State High Court in Port Harcourt had ruled in a suit no PHC/403MC/2012, filed by Benedicta Odekina against her husband, Paul Odekina as 1st Respondent and Daddy Freeze as the Co-Respondent, asking daddy freeze to pay the sum of N5m to the husband.
The judge gave the ruling against him for having sex with Benedicta Elechi who was still legally married at the time it happened.
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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 the 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.”
Justice Akpughunum also dissolved the marriage between Paul and Benedicta as a result of Benedicta’s adultery with Daddy Freeze.
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Reacting to the ruling, Daddy Freeze, in a YouTube video, said it was issued in his absence as he was never served by the court.
The OAP said he will head to an appeal court, pointing out that the judgement is not final until it is decided at the Supreme Court.
He said, “Many of you would have been surprised as I was to wake up one morning and see a judgement from a Rivers State High Court. Well, the court never served me, so the judgement was obtained in my absence.
“What we will do now is go straight to the Appeal Court. A lot of people are unaware that the judgement is not final until it gets to the Supreme Court.
“I’m very confident in the judiciary system, and I do believe that I will receive a fair judgement.”
