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  • ‘I am still coughing and sneezing blood’- Mercy Aigbe laments

    ‘I am still coughing and sneezing blood’- Mercy Aigbe laments

    Embattled Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe is not in the best of moods at the moment. The beautiful actress who has been overwhelmed by the crisis thumping her marriage has revealed more scary details about how her estranged husband , Lanre Gentry beat her up.

    In a recent interview with Broadway Africa TV, she said: “He beats me consistently. I stayed because I loved him and because every time he beats me, he begs and gets family and friends to beg me. He promised regularly to change but he never did. When my husband gets angry, he gets physical, not only to me but to anyone. He has done that with my house help who reported him to the Police years ago.I stayed because of my children and because a lot of people look up to me. I was a role model of some sort and I really wanted to keep it together. I just wanted a home”.

    Speaking on what led to him beating her, she said:” That day 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 make-up would fix it and destroy my career. 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).I’m still coughing and sneezing blood even after three weeks” she laments.

     

  • Mercy Aigbe’s estranged hubby granted bail after being remanded in prison

    Mercy Aigbe’s estranged hubby granted bail after being remanded in prison

    Earlier today, news broke that Mercy Aigbe’s estranged hubby, Lanre Gentry has been remanded in Kirikiri prisons. According to reports reaching TheNewsGuru, Lanre Gentry was granted bail after being arraigned at Ikeja magistrate court on three counts charge.

    The entrepreneur was granted bail in the sum of 500 thousand naira and two sureties who reside in Lagos .

    The case has been adjourned to July, 12th 2017

  • How Mercy Aigbe reigned praises on hubby before marriage crisis[Video]

    How Mercy Aigbe reigned praises on hubby before marriage crisis[Video]

    Just before the crisis rocking her marriage, Mercy Aigbe who is currently at the center of a domestic abuse court case said positive things about her husband.

    In an interview with GoldMyne TV conducted just two months ago, the beautiful actress said her husband is her support system and she is lucky to have such a man.

    Hear her:”My husband is my support system, I’m so lucky to have a man like that”.

    What really went wrong?

    Watch the video below

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BT4KWFUBsvj/?taken-by=thenewsgurung

     

  • ‘You keep threatening to kill me’-Mercy Aigbe cries out over husband’s alleged death threats

    ‘You keep threatening to kill me’-Mercy Aigbe cries out over husband’s alleged death threats

    Embattled Nollywood actress , Mercy Aigbe has kicked off her divorce proceedings and ready to legally divorce her estranged hubby, Lanre Gentry.

    The talented actress cried out once again saying her husband refused to show up in court on Monday . Recall that Lanre Gentry was absent at the divorce proceedings which began on Friday, May 5th.

    In a lengthy post shared on her Instagram page, Aigbe alleged that her estranged husband has been threatening to kill her.

    According to her:” Why will a man who claims to love you, beat you to the extent of breaking your skull?………what was my crime? @asiwajulanregentry you have to tell the world what my crime was?…… Now you are on the run!……. trying to connive with the police so I won’t get justice!!!!!!!…… Lanre you can run but you can’t hide, you can tell all the LIES in this world but trust me at the end of it all the TRUTH will prevail and I will get Justice……. People keep saying I shouldn’t talk and that I should think of our child………. but you keep threatening to kill me, why I don’t know!!!!!!!!!!!….. Now that you are conniving with the police I don’t feel safe and I have to cry out!………..

    We were supposed to be in court this morning and you lied that you are on Admission and can’t be in court!

    @asiwajulanregentry you on admission? God you can never stop LYING……..then again I ask you why are you afraid to come to court?”

    #onlyweakmenhittheirwives

    #saynotodomesticviolence

    #iamavictimandiamspeakingout

    #ihavebeenquietfortoolong

    #timetotalk

    #sufferedfortoolong

    #challenges

    #conqueror

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BT1Q5tYFJoe/?taken-by=realmercyaigbe

     

    Lanre Gentry is yet to react to her allegations as at the time of publishing this story. However, TheNewsGuru will keep you updated.

  • ‘Their marriage has always been a strange one’- Mercy Aigbe’s ex-staff declares

    When you look through Mercy’s Aigbe’s Instagram pictures, you will have an impression that all is well with her marriage. The truth was known to all last week when pictures of her badly beaten and swollen face was released online. Mercy Aigbe’s ex-staff who once worked with her at her Mag Divas boutique revealed to Sunday Scoop that there marriage was a strange one.

    Speaking to Sunday Scoop, she said: “Their marriage has always been a ‘strange’ one. On some days, they could come in laughing together and act all lovey-dovey and on some other days, they’d enter the shop arguing and cursing each other at the top of their voices.

     

    “There have been several times that aunty Mercy and her husband came into the shop arguing at the top of their voices. There was a particular day that the argument was so heated that we thought the situation was going to degenerate badly. They continued shouting even as they went into Mercy’s office. However, they emerged some time later full of smiles and kissing each other. We, the staff, were really surprised and the incident strengthened our resolve not to interfere in their squabbles as they could be unpredictable,” the former staff of Mag Divas said.

     

    “The last scene I witnessed of them was when her husband came into the shop shouting. He accused Mercy of not giving him enough attention. He also complained that she doesn’t always cook for him and their children but prefers going to parties.”

     

  • Police declares Mercy Aigbe’s estranged husband wanted

    Police declares Mercy Aigbe’s estranged husband wanted

    Mercy Aigbe’s estranged husband,Lanre Gentry has been declared wanted by The Lagos State Police Command .Three other suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident.

    According to The Divisional Police officer of the Ojudu division, CSP, Fatai Shoetan: “Lanre Gentry and three suspects arrested were charged to Magistrate court 8 Ogba.”

    A video footage also shows the three arrested suspects harassing the actress outside her home. Recall that the predicament rocking the marriage of the actress went viral last week and has escalated, leading to the Lagos State Government ​opening a probe into the alleged domestic violence.

    Check out the police report below

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeAr9uQegrY&feature=youtu.be

  • Alleged Battering: Police declare Mercy Aigbe’s husband, Lanre Gentry wanted

    The Lagos State Police Command has declared the estrange husband of Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe wanted. Three other uspects have been arrested in connection with the incident.

    The Divisional Police officer of the Ojudu division, CSP, Fatai Shoetan, in a report, said “Lanre Gentry is now at large and three suspects arrested were charged to Magistrate court 8 Ogba.”

    TheNewsGuru.com reports that the crisis rocking the marriage of the actress went viral last week and has escalated, leading to the Lagos State Government ​opening a probe into the alleged domestic violence.

    Lanre Gentry, who came out to deny battering his wife, also claimed that the actress had been going through mental disorder.

     

     

  • Mercy Aigbe makes first court appearance without estranged hubby

    Mercy Aigbe makes first court appearance without estranged hubby

    The divorce proceedings between embattled Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe and her estranged husband, Lanre Gentry started today, May 5 in Lagos. Though the actress was in court, her husband was absent from the proceedings.

    Speaking with the Netng, Mercy said she was shocked to see that upon her arrival, they had transferred her case to another court – court 4.

    According to her:” I don’t know what the Police has up their sleeves, but as it is, they are not forthcoming about my case”.

    Aigbe’s lawyer has however stated that the legal repercussions of repelling arrest or not honouring a court proceeding, is that Gentry is at risk of being arrested.

     

     

  • Mercy Aigbe’s hubby, to appear in court today

    Mercy Aigbe’s hubby, to appear in court today

    Mercy Aigbe’s estranged husband, Lanre Gentry is set to appear in court today, after a case of physical assault was brought against him by the Lagos State Department of Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team, DSVRT.

    The couple had a fight which led to Mercy having bruises and bleeding incessantly. This made her visit the office of the Lagos State Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation Commissioner, Mrs Lola Akande, on Tuesday, to report the matter.

    Mrs Akande who handed over the case to the State Ministry of Justice said: “I must commend Mercy’s courage, because what she did is what other women who are victims of domestic violence out there need to do. They don’t need to hide it, except they want to die.”

    In the same vein, the Coordinator of DSVRT, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi, said the court order prevents Lanre Gentry from getting close to his wife. She noted that the State government will pursue the case to a logical conclusion.

     

     

  • ‘Mercy Aigbe was coughing blood after husband’s assault’- Lagos Commissioner reveals

    ‘Mercy Aigbe was coughing blood after husband’s assault’- Lagos Commissioner reveals

    Lola Akande, Lagos State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, has stated that she was shocked seeing Mercy Aigbe’s condition when she came to her office to officially report her bitter experience in the hands of her estranged husband, Lanre Gentry.

    Speaking to newsmen in Lagos, the commissioner said the beautiful actress was coughing blood when she came to her office crying for help.

    Hear her: “She was coughing blood from her nose and mouth and she had injury on her face which the doctor said she must have an operation. I was so angry that I need to see the face of the man that did this to her, and so we invited him and he came yesterday (Tuesday) to say his own side of the story to the official in charge of domestic violence. But any man that can beat a woman to a pulp like that to the extent that she is still coughing blood one week after the incident, need to have his head examined.”

    Akande says the Lagos State Government has secured a restraining order for Aigbe from any further abuse by her husband. She commends the actress for speaking out against domestic violence and urged other women going through similar situation not to keep quiet about their ordeal.

     

    “I must commend the courage of Mercy, because what she did is what other women who are victims of domestic violence out there need to do, they don’t need to hide it except they want to die there.”

     

    Lanre Gentry was on Tuesday interrogated by the Lagos State department of Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT).