Facts are beginning to emerge on why U.S-based Nigerian sprinter and Olympic medalist, Blessing Oghenewreseme Okagbare’s marriage with former Super Eagles player, Jude Otegheri Ighoteghuonor, crashed so early.
Okagbare and Ighoteghuonor’s marriage was celebrated in Sapele, Delta State in 2014, shortly after the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, where she emerged as double sprint champion.
However, six years after they tied the knot, things have fallen apart, as the union has crumbled like a pack of cards. Okagbare is said to have filed for divorce.
“I can tell you categorically that Blessing actually tried everything possible to keep the marriage going,” reports quoted as family source as saying.
“I think the husband (Ighoteghuonor) was the problem. On several occasions, Blessing invested so much money in one form of business or the other for Igho to manage but the business crashed soon after it took off. I am based in Sapele and I know what I am talking about. I am sure many people will easily jump into a conclusion that Blessing is harsh in nature, but the girl actually tried her best as far as the marriage was concerned,” the source reportedly added.
Reports further said that Okagbare filed for divorce after a stint of marital crisis. The report stated that the couple had gone their separate ways amid allegations of infidelity, laziness and other irreconcilable differences.
Okagbare began the process of relocating her husband to Los Angeles, soon after their elaborate marriage ceremony in Sapele in 2014, but the move failed when the US embassy in Abuja refused Ighoteguonor an entry visa to the United States. The denial left Okagbare in distraught and confused for months.
She kept on trying until her request was granted in 2018.
Her husband relocated to the United States just before the last Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia,” the source further hinted.
Unconfirmed report say that Ighoteguonor is asking for N100 million ‘compensation’ from Okagbare, being the one seeking divorce.