Afeez Owo Speaks on The Crisis That Nearly Ruined His Marriage to Mide Martins
Nollywood Yoruba actor and film-maker, Afeez Owo Abiodun, has revealed the factors that almost wrecked his marriage two years ago. According to him, his actress wife, Mide Martins, still regrets her actions that almost ruined their 17-year-old marriage.
Sometime in 2016, Mide Martins posted and took down an emotional post revealing her marriage with hubby is troubled. The beautiful mother of two girls claimed on social media that her husband had abandoned her and the kids (read here).
The issue was tensed and it was feared then that the woman would eventually leave her husband. It was not the first time such had happened. However, close friends and family members waded into the matter and resolved it for them.
Speaking with Sunday PUNCH, recently Afeez Owo blamed his wife’s friends for the 2016 crisis, adding that she took the wrong advice from friends who wanted to cause havoc in their home (read here).
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“There will always be challenges in a home but it depends on how you handle them. Friends nearly ruined our marriage; my wife was wrongly advised.
As we speak, she still regrets all those things she did or said. Couples will always fight, but they don’t need to let their neighbours know about it. We’ve made our mistakes and we have learnt from it. We don’t pray for that anymore.”
Despite being a Muslim, Owo said he would never marry more than one wife as he didn’t want trouble for himself.
“My father did not try to marry many wives because he was a peaceful person and I take after him in that regard.
Though the Quran permits us to marry more than a wife, I am not interested in it. It will bring more problems for me and I don’t want it,” he stated.
On how he met his wife, he said,
“God just said she would be my wife. When my ex-girlfriend cheated on me then, she was one of the people who begged on her behalf but I had already made up my mind.
It was after a while I started dating Mide. We have been married for 17 years. I have known my wife for 25 years. My wife is like my mother and I love her so much. She also sees me as her father.”
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