Court fines Daddy Freeze N5m over adultery
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State on Thursday 18th, February 2021, ordered that Mr Ifedayo Olarinde, aka Daddy Freeze, should pay N5m for committing adultery with his lover, Benedicta Elechi, with whom he bore a son, Jason, in 2015.
The presiding Judge, Hon Justice Akpughunum in a judgment which lasted more than one hour 3Omin, ruled that Benedicta’s husband proved his case of adultery against Daddy Freeze and Benedicta through photographic, documentary and electronic evidence and also by the admission of Benedicta Elechi herself. The Judge referred to Benedicta as a ‘self-acclaimed adulterer”.
It should be recalled that both Daddy Freeze and Benedicta were married to different spouses at the time of her pregnancy for Jason. Freeze’s marriage to his ex-wife, Opeyemi, collapsed in the course of the extramarital affair and the marriage was subsequently dissolved in 2019 by a Lagos High Court.
The court also dissolved Benedicta’s marriage to Paul Odekina based on Paul Odekina’s Cross Petition. However, Benedicta was unable to prove allegations of abandonment and sexual impropriety against her husband whereas her husband was able to prove his case of adultery against her.
The Judge further ruled that the adopted daughter of the erstwhile couple, who is a biological daughter of Benedicta’s sister is to remain in their joint custody.
