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  • Late arrival hampers Mercy Aigbe’s husband’s trial

    Late arrival hampers Mercy Aigbe’s husband’s trial

    The late appearance of Nollywood star actress, Mercy Aigbe yesterday hampered the court hearing of her estranged husband, Olanrewaju Gentry before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court.

    Gentry is facing charges bordering on domestic violence offences for allegedly beating and perpetrating injuries on his wife opposing to provisions of Protection Against Domestic Violence and Connected Purposes Law of Lagos State 2007.

    The separated couple were scheduled to appear yesterday before Chief Magistrate Mrs Folakemi Davies- Abegunde. Gentry, appeared in court at 9 a.m yesterday. Aigbe was to present to the court the medical report of the alleged domestic violence meted on her by her estranged husband.

    Mercy had applied for the restrictive order in line with sections 5(1), 1(3) and section 7(1) of Protection Against Domestic Violence and Connected Purposes Law 2007.Another difficulty before the family bordered on the custody of their two children.

    At about 11.05 a.m. yesterday, when the court clerk first called their case, the couple were not within air shot. When the case was called again at 11.25 am, only Gentry answered and went inside the chamber of the Chief Magistrate with his counsel.He came out about 18 minutes later at about 11.43 a.m. and immediately departed the court premises with his counsel.

    The Nation reports that Mercy Aigbe surfaced minutes after, dressed in a white flowing gown dotted with pictures of apple fruit in red and green.She came in accompanied by her counsel, Uche Ani and proceeded into the Chief Magistrate’s chamber. They came out few minutes after, having obtained the date of adjournment of the matter.

    She later drove away from the court premises in her black coloured Acura SUV car marked KSF 283 EM at 12.05 p.m.Chief Magistrate Davies-Abegunde, has adjourned the court hearing to June 28.

  • Troubles for Lanre Gentry as Lagos State demands transfer of case files

    Mercy Aigbe’s estranged husband, Lanre Gentry is in more deep troubles as the Lagos State Government has written to the Nigerian Police demanding that it forwards the duplicate of the case file. According to reports gathered by TheNewsGuru, by requesting for the case file, the government has exhibited the resolve not to back down from the controversial case between Aigbe and her husband, Lanre Gentry

    The State Government through the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, DPP in a letter indicated its interest in prosecuting the alleged case of assault. The resolve to write the Police was sequel to the result of the medical check-up conducted on the actress that indicated alleged assault by her husband. It was learned that aside writing to the Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigative Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos Mainland Local Government, DPP also copied other relevant agencies, to alert them of its plan.

    The Lagos State Government argued that the assault contravene sections 171, 243 and 244 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011. Recall that Coordinator of the State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, DSVRT, Mrs. Titilola Vivour- Adeniyi, had during his sensitization programmes argued that Domestic Violence is a crime committed against the State. She explained that if anyone is beaten or suffered abused, the State is also being abused, noting, we must begin to renew our mindsets and treat Domestic Violence for what it is; a crime against the State”.

     

  • Mercy Aigbe absent at Lanre Gentry court hearing

    The trial of estranged husband of Mercy Aigbe, Lanre Gentry was at held on Wednesday at an Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court, Ogba. However, Aigbe failed to show up.

    Officials of the Lagos State Domestic Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT) and Gentry met with the trial Chief Magistrate Folakemi Davies-Abegunde behind closed door in her chamber and agreed on June 7 for the couple to appear, The Nation reports.

    Aigbe was expected to appear before the court, through her counsel, Adeola Falade. Falade had on April 28 approached the court, on behalf of Mercy Aigbe, to ask for restraining order against Gentry over alleged violence against his wife.

    She tendered five photographs and copies of the medical scanned report of the applicant and then applied for the restraining order in line with sections 5(1), 1(3) and section 7(1) of Protection Against Domestic Violence and Connected Purposes Law 2007.

    ” The respondent, Mr Olanrewaju Gentry of No 14 Oregun Street, off Epe Close, Oregun, Ikeja is hereby restrained from committing any further acts of domestic violence against the applicant with immediate effect “, Chief Magistrate Abegunde-Davies ordered.

  • Mercy Aigbe’s hubby , flaunts new lover?

    Following the crash of his marriage to Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe, Lanre Gentry her estranged husband may have decided to move on with his life.

    Gentry who was imprisoned for alleged wife battery recently, on Saturday shared a picture of himself and another woman on Instagram. His caption for this picture hints that he isn’t thinking of mending the broken walls with Aigbe. He captioned it:”Temi my love”.

    However, fans of Mercy Aigbe are asking :”Is this Lanre Gentry’s new ‘woman’?” Only time will tell.

     

     

     

     

  • ‘Government shouldn’t be involved in cases of domestic violence’-Mercy Aigbe’s estranged husband declares

    ‘Government shouldn’t be involved in cases of domestic violence’-Mercy Aigbe’s estranged husband declares

    Following his release from prison, Lanre Gentry, Mercy Aigbe’s estranged husband took to his Instagram page to narrate his experience in prison .

    According to him, the government shouldn’t be involved in cases of domestic violence.

    Hear him:”Government shouldn’t leave what they ought to do and start involving their-selves in domestic violence cases”

    The businessman also used the medium to advocate for prison reforms in Nigerian prisons.

    His fans on Instagram were not pleased with his opinions. They took to the comment section of his post to condemn him.

  • Finally! Mercy Aigbe’s husband released from prison

    Finally! Mercy Aigbe’s husband released from prison

    Lanre Gentry, the estranged hubby of popular Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe has been released from prison after being remanded for seven days.He was granted bail yesterday, 16th of May, 2017.

    Gentry was dragged to the police on a two-count charge of battery and battery by his wife.

    According to Aigbe, she has been suffering many years of domestic violence from her husband and wanted him to know the gravity of what he had done, by reporting him to the Ministry of Women Affairs.

    An insider reveals that Lanre Gentry is shocked by the reports from his wife but he is yet to make a statement. He will be back in court, as the court proceedings on his case with the government will continue.

     

     

     

     

     

     

  • Why Mercy Aigbe’s hubby is still detained

    Mercy Aigbe’s estranged husband, Lanre Gentry who was supposed to be granted bail today will still remain in detention. According to reports gathered by TheNewsGuru, the bail couldn’t be granted because all the magistrates in Lagos are holding their conference today.

    Gentry was arraigned before a magistrate on a three count charge relating to breach of public peace, assault, and domestic violence. Domestic violence is an offense punishable under sections 157 ( f ), and 171 of the criminal Law No ll,vol.44 laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.

    Gentry’s bail hasn’t been perfected because of his inability to meet the bail conditions which includes a sum of N500,000 and two sureties .

  • ‘Even the devil cannot stop me’-Mercy Aigbe declares

    ‘Even the devil cannot stop me’-Mercy Aigbe declares

    Just when people think Mercy Aigbe will be deterred by the controversies trailing her marriage, the beautiful actress took to her Instagram page looking gorgeous and elegant saying even the devil cannot stop her.

    Reacting to people saying she should slow down, Mercy wrote:”Did I hear someone say slow down? Even the Devil can’t stop me.”

    Mercy in a recent interview opened up on her failed marriage. According to her, Lanre Gentry was angry to the extent of beating her even in the presence of everybody.

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BUG48LYl3uS/?taken-by=official_mercyaigbe

     

  • Mercy Aigbe opens can of worms on failed marriage[Video]

    Mercy Aigbe opens can of worms on failed marriage[Video]

    Yoruba Movie star, Mercy Aigbe has opened can of worms concerning her failed abusive marriage. Speaking in an interview with Broadway TV, she said her husband declared in anger that he would destroy her acting career.

    According to her:”Immediately, I opened the door, he kept beating me. I was begging him and asking why he was beating me. He said he would destroy my face such that no makeup would fix it and destroy my career.

    She added that her estranged hubby, Lanre Gentry was acting like someone who was possessed. Hear her:”He was acting like someone who was possessed. I told him “Lanre, mo ma bi mo fun e” (translated as “I have a child for you).”

    Aigbe’s marital crisis became an issue for public discourse when she released pictures of the violent beatings she got from her husband.

    Watch the video below

  • ‘ My husband cannot control his anger’-Mercy Aigbe reveals

    ‘ My husband cannot control his anger’-Mercy Aigbe reveals

    The saga rocking the marriage of star actress Mercy Aigbe seem not to be coming to an end anytime soon. Lanre Gentry, Mercy Aigbe’s husband was remanded in prison during the week for not being able to meet his bail conditions.

    Speaking with Punch in an interview, she said:”The case is no longer between my husband and I. It is now between the Office of Public Defenders, Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and my husband. The officer is the one handling the case.”

    Aigbe revealed that she endured a lot of pains in her seven-year-old marriage stating that her husband cannot control his anger.

    Hear her:“The problem with him is that he cannot control his anger and I have advised him on several occasions to see a therapist or enrol in anger management class to learn how to control his temper but he refused. He gets violent whenever he is angry and that is his problem. There is no way a couple would not fight but it does not always have to lead to physical violence.

     

    “On that fateful day, he hit my head on the wall just because I found out that he was having an affair with someone very close to me and we had an argument. He came to beat me at my tailor’s place. He even beat my make-up artiste and broke her hand. It was from that place that I was rushed to the hospital very late that night. When he was beating me, he was acting as if he was possessed. Ever since he had been beating me, he had never beaten me to this extent. It was as if he had made up his mind to kill me or blind me so that my career would end. I don’t know why he is doing all this. I have offered to take him to church but whenever we get there, he would refuse to enter. I tried all my best. If only he went for therapy, all this would not have happened and I don’t have to stay with him till he kills me. Imagine if I had died that day, I wonder what kind of cover up story he would have released to the public”.