She Denied Me Sex And Accused Me Of Coveting My Step-Daughter – Actor Kalu Ikeagwu Drags Wife To Court

Nollywood actor, Kalu Ikeagwu, has made the headlines as news has surfaced that the actor is set to divorce his wife, Ijeoma Ikeagwu.

Mr Ikeagwu, who is seeking to dissolve his 6-year-old marriage to his makeup artiste wife, in the case LD/8939HG/2021, told an Ikeja High Court that his separated wife, Ijeoma, fled their home and has now forbade him from seeing their two children.

He is now not only seeking for the dissolution of the marriage but, asking for full custody of his three-year-old son and ten-year-old stepdaughter.

While being cross-examined by the counsel Mrs. S.I. Amedu, the actor, revealed that his wife moved out of their marital home,, then sent him an email saying she was on her way to her father’s house in Enugu.

Mr Ikeagwu, continued saying, not long after he saw her with the children at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, contrary to the email sent.

“I got back home from a trip on Aug. 4, 2021, to find out that my wife had left our marital home with the children to an undisclosed location. I tried to contact her when I got to the house and found it empty. I sent her an email on that same day, and she replied that she had gone to her father’s house in Enugu. She told me she was at her father’s place in Enugu, and four days later, I saw her at the airport in Lagos, heading to God knows where. In the mail she sent, she said she was in Enugu.”

The actor is now seeking custody of both children as he is aware his wife Ijeoma is planning on relocating with them.

“I want custody of the two children. The reason I sought revocation was that my wife had turned my stepdaughter against me, and at that point, I got a hint that she wanted to fly the children abroad. I have never been married to any woman before I married my wife. I married her after she had her daughter.”

Speaking on claims that he sent his wife and kids out of the house and failed take care of their upkeep, he said; “I did not send her out of the house. Someone has to tell me why it takes four days to get to Enugu. If you say ‘you are on your way’, it is a continuous sentence. It was a stated fact that she was on her way.  The last time I sent money to them was in November 2021. I stopped sending money because my wife denied me being a father to my step-daughter, and she also accused me of wanting to sleep with her.”

The actor also revealed during cross-examination that while sleeping on a faithful day, his wife poured water on him and denied him sex.

Mr Ikeagwu claimed he was also unaware that his estranged wife lost a pregnancy due to a Sexually Transmitted Infection, emphasising that he did not give her any or disease.

He added, “I earlier said the issue of revocation was because I felt she wanted to use me. My Lord, look at the precedence of how I have treated the girl from the very beginning. I am an actor by profession, and I travel to locations within and outside Nigeria in which I can spend five days to one month.”

“At the moment, it may be difficult, but I am thinking about the future when I remarry and get a stable wife,” Mr Ikeagwu said.