Actor Taofeek Salami, also known as Tioruju Mondusi, has spoken about what he described as the most painful experience of his life involving his late wife and a family dispute that ended in court.
Speaking during an interview on the African A List podcast, Taofeek said the issue began after a breakdown in his marriage, which later led to a legal case where questions around the paternity of his children were addressed.
According to him, the situation escalated after his wife became involved with another man, leading to tensions that eventually ended up in court proceedings for the dissolution of their marriage.
He said: “The only person that did the most painful thing to me in life is my wife. The incident brought tears from my eyes. She’s late now, may God forgive her.
“I went to a location about five years ago, and I didn’t meet her at home when I returned. As at the time, she was nine months pregnant with our fifth child. I was unable to reach her on the phone to know her whereabouts until two days later when her number went through. After getting in touch with her she refused to tell me her whereabouts.
“It was when I visited her mother’s house to complain that I realised she had done an introduction with another man who is already married with four kids. After seeing the photo frame, I called to abuse her. That was when she returned to the house to abuse me and asked who told me that I’m the owner of the pregnancy.
“She gave birth a few days later and requested to do the naming ceremony in my house after she had openly said the baby is not mine. That was when I got angry and arrested her alongside the man and his friend that came to beg me.
“Following my refusal to allow the naming to take place at my compound, she took me to court for the dissolution of our marriage. It was in the court that she confessed that the third and the last child were not mine. She has been going out with the man for many years. She died last year from depression after the man she left me for later abandoned her to face his family because he is already married with four children before the incident. He is from Ijebu in Ogun State.”
Taofeek said the confession was made during court proceedings that followed the dispute, which brought an end to the marriage.
