Following
the open letter ex-Zenith Bank worker John Okeikhan Edobor, wrote his wife Ivie
Edobor after jumping bail and eloping with his mistress to United States, who
eventually dumped him after his Visa was revoked (facilitated by his wife), it
has been revealed that the estranged husband was able to travel to the United
States with forged divorce papers.
Lailasblog
had a chat with a close family source who pleaded anonymity, and damning
revelations were bared. According to the family source, John's Visa was revoked
after project Alert wrote to the American Embassy on behalf of Ivie Edobor,
attaching the case file and other documents to back it up. Ivie's family
reportedly became suspicious when John, who was dragged to court in a domestic
abuse lawsuit stopped showing up in court since March.
Lailasblog
also gathered that John has moved from the apartment he was staying, and the
number he was using in US has been disengaged.
When asked
if they will go on with the lawsuit to get justice, when John is deported to
Nigeria even with his public apology, the family source said;
"He
must be brought to pay for his crimes. Imagine having a criminal case ongoing
and all he could think off was to jump bail and eloped.
He lied that
he was sacked with no money, but we later found out he was given an option to
resign and paid full benefits by the bank, yet he ran off leaving his wife he
severely injured with an unpaid hospital bills of 2.7m and 3 kids to feed"
Do the kids
miss their dad?
"The
kids and and their mum have moved on. They have no good memories of their dad
apart from the pain they've been through. The separation they felt when was
their mum was in the hospital for over 2 months.
Ivie's first
daughter has graduated from primary school and is moving on to secondary.
He even
forged divorce certificate and presented to the embassy to enable him travel
whereas our divorce case is still ongoing in the Lagos high court. The
presiding judge Justice Idowu verified that d document was forged"
Digging deep
to find out if the fake divorce paper claim was true, Lailasblog found out from
a reliable source in the Surulere magistrate court, that the divorce papers was
really forged. According to the source, Ivie was the one who filed for divorce
and yet John had a certificate forged which he reportedly never served his
wife. It was also gathered that the 'so called registrar' that signed the
divorce papers, had long retired from
the magistrate court. All this was done so John could marry and elope with his
mistress.
When asked
if Ivie knows her husband's mistress, the source said;
"They
had been seeing even before he got married to Ivie. He even sent Ivie their
picture in a compromising position to spite her, knowing that she had gone into
depression. The photo has also been presented to the judge as evidence.
She was an
older woman with loads of money. He also posted their photos on Facebook, sent
it to Ivie's family members saying he had moved on. He isn't sorry he is just
looking for sympathy"
On the
apology letter John wrote his mother in-law, the family source had this to say;
"As
soon as I saw the letter to my mum on
Lailasblog, I knew the story was real because he wrote that letter to Ivie's
mother in July 2016, pleading with his mum to make his wife drop the case.
The letter
wasn't written recently, Lailasblog asked;
"Nope.
He wrote the letter in July 2016, While Ivie was still in hospital battling for
her life and the case had already been charged to court. John isn't sincere,
once he doesn't get his way he changes like the weather".
Well in his
apology letter to Ivie, he said he was sorry he messed things up after Ivie
gave him all, what do you have to say about that?
"He was
given a chance. Ivie didn't speak up about the June attack till September, he
had all the time to make amends. His
people even went to see Ivie's dad while she was still in hospital to plead on
his behalf, yet he did the direct opposite. He left hospital bill unpaid and
taunted her for taking the case to court. He even told the hospital to keep her
that he had no money to pay after dropping 500k out of N3.2m bill. God really
saved Ivie because her leg would have been amputated, but now she has titanium
rods and screws in her leg permanently. She's pushing through the pain and
learning how to walk"
What did he
hit the leg with that got it that badly damaged?
"A
wheelspanner was used in hitting Ivie's leg continuously. That's the front and
side view stay of Ivie's leg (see photos attached). She suffered ptsd post
traumatic stress disorder, and can't sleep unless she's sedated. She still have
nightmares of that night till date. He was a cult member in school, maybe
that's what he is still practicing. However Ivie is just glad to be alive to
watch her kids grow. He must be brought to book so other wife beaters will know
it's no longer business as usual."
What has his
family done about the issue so far? Were they on his side?
"The
family was divided but his immediate family supported him. They even covered
the fact that he sold off his things, moved out of his house in Lagos to the
village and then traveled.
They were
appealing a bit early this year but as soon as he traveled, they stopped
showing up in court.
At our last
hearing, a bench warrant had to be issued by the judge for his surety to be
picked and remanded till John is produced"
Who is his
surety?
"I
don't know. I was in hospital when he
was charged to court initially. The next court sitting is on the 8th of August
2017. Oh by the way, Ivie has been teaching her kids to understand that not all
men are like their father."
Was John
always violent when he got married, or did something make him change?
"He was
verbally abusive, even physically abusive on some occasions. The fact that Ivie
had 3 girls was topic of discussion every other day, but not as extreme as last
incident that left her disabled".
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