The Oshiomholes Laugh Off Divorce Tale

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If you have ever played any type of game in life, then you’re lucky. However, you may not have played one serious game; marriage. Marriage is a game too. Once the honeymoon phase of marriage is over, spouses are left with the non-exceptional and routine expectations of everyday life.

The First Couple in Edo State, Nigeria, Governor Adams Aliyu Oshiomhole and his beautiful wife, Iara Fortes are currently in the web of such a game. Barely one year into their talk-of-the-town wedding, gossip merchants have gone to town with the story that they have gone their separate ways. Those that peddled the rumour claimed that Iara Fortes Oshimhole had filed for a divorce. They said the First Lady claimed that her husband was fetish and diabolical, among other unpalatable claims.

Iara came into Governor Oshiomhole’s life after his first wife, Clara died on December 7, 2010.

Meanwhile, the state government, through the governor’s press secretary, has earlier reacted to the rumour, saying it was ‘rubbish’. Speaking to this magazine last weekend, Mrs. Oshiomhole, who appeared amused at our inquiry, simply said she was not disturbed over the speculation in the social media because ‘it was empty’. Mrs. Oshiomhole said she was still very much with her husband and ‘there is no reason for divorce’.

In the words of the state government’s spokesperson, Peter Okhiria, “this is rubbish, it’s untrue. Normally, we don’t react to stuffs like this”.

-Kemi Akinjare