Court Nails Daddy Freeze Over Adultery, Fined N5m

A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday 18th February, 2021, ordered that Mr Ifedayo Olarinde, aka Daddy Freeze, should pay N5m for committing adultery with his lover, Benedicta Elechi, with whom he bore a son, Jason, in 2015.

The presiding Judge, Hon Justice Akpughunum in a judgment which lasted more than one hour 3Omin, ruled that Benedicta’s husband proved his case of adultery against Daddy Freeze and Benedicta through photographic, documentary and electronic evidence and also by the admission of Benedicta Elechi herself. The Judge referred to Benedicta as a ‘self-acclaimed adulterer”.

It should be recalled that both Daddy Freeze and Benedicta were married to different spouses at the time of her pregnancy for Jason. Freeze’s marriage to his ex wife, Opeyemi, collapsed in the course of the extramarital affair and the marriage was subsequently dissolved in 2019 by a Lagos High Court.

Early in the extramarital affair, Freeze was alleged to have gone on social media to spread the falsehood that his wife was violent and was often beating him up. The PortHarcourt judgement  has now revealed that the theatrics was all part of the crisis he instigated in both his home and the home of his lover Benedicta to justify their unholy relationship.

Other details of the Port Harcourt Judgement are: -Dissolution of Benedicta’s marriage to Paul Odekina based on Paul Odekina’s Cross Petition. Benedicta was unable to prove  allegations of abandonment and sexual impropriety against her husband whereas her husband was able to prove his case of adultery against her and Daddy Freeze.

Furthermore, the court dismissed Benedicta’s prayer seeking N1.5m monthly upkeep, one Brand new car every three years, Annual vacation abroad, share in the family estate and many more on the grounds that she did not establish any of her claims.

The court also granted custody of the 3 children from the marriage to her husband, declaring that she was unfit in character and behaviour to bring up children, citing her admission of adultery, her conduct during the trial and her statement that she would not recommend her conduct to her daughters. The court also ordered Benedicta to hand over the children’s birth certificates and international passports to their father, Mr Paul Odekina.

The Judge further ruled that the adopted daughter of the erstwhile couple, who is a biological daughter of Benedicta’s sister is to remain in their joint custody.

Source: The News Guru

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