An Abuja High court sitting in Maitama has granted Anita and her estranged husband, Paul Okoye divorce.
In August 2021, Anita filed for divorce after eight years of marriage, citing the reasons as cheating, a claimed separation, being an absent parent, fraud, and difficult experiences.
She also requested a monthly settlement of $20,000 and a number of her husband’s mansions.
The court, in its wisdom, only gave joint custody of the children to the parties in the ruling on the case on October 20, 2022.
The petitioner was however not given any money in the form of alimony or settlement.
Their union has produced three children: Andre — born in 2013 — and the twins, Nathan and Nadia, born in 2017.
Earlier on, in her divorce petition signed by her lawyer, Ojonimi Akpe and Okutepa J.S at an Abuja High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Anita had earlier claimed that she contributed N10 million as an agreement with her husband that she would be granted space at the mall he had just completed in Lekki Phase 1, Lagos. However, she accused Paul Okoye of cheating her out of a deal.
“That the petitioner and the respondent agreed to build a mall where TannkCo would have its main offices, and the petitioner contributed N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) for the purchase of the land and the building of the mall.
“That I know as a fact that the respondent, upon completion of the mall, reneged on the agreement and failed to give TannkCo a space in the mall.”
However, Anita decided to withdraw the claims and opted to settle following alleged inability to prove all of the claims in her petition to the court.
