In the second part of the Oladunni Churchill interview, he opens up on his first wife, her alliance with Tonto and why his mum is their target
While you guys were together, you produced a movie ‘Kada River’, why didn’t she act in it?
For me, my work life is different from my family life, I try to separate it. When we started work on the movie, we weren’t really in good terms even though I told her about the project. The truth is, instead of her wasting this much energy in trying to bring her husband down, I think she can put that energy to good use by going back to work and be productive. If you don’t want the marriage again, you don’t need to be dramatic about it by telling the world because they really don’t care about you. I think she should go back to movies, reconcile with people she’s offended in the industry and be humble.
What’s the relationship with your son and your reaction to the fact that she dressed as you to attend his father’s day event in school?
That’s the main reason why I was trying to make it work, because she does some things that are not normal at all. And only someone close to her can save her because she needs help. It’s been 7-months now and all she’s been doing is to give me a bad name.She makes it look like I don’t care about my son. I help other kids, so why will I ignore my son? Since my son got back to country when he was 4-months, I opened a Zenith bank account for him and his mum is the sole signatory to that account. I put money in that account regularly. I send money to her own account as well and she won’t even acknowledge the money when she gets it but she goes on saying I don’t take care of my son. I’ve invited her family over to try and make peace but she’s been deceiving everyone and goes back online to pull her stunts and the truth is King’s passport has been with me since he got back from the states.
She recently said she’s taken King to alot of countries in the last one year?
King has never stepped out of Africa since he got back at 4-month old. I have been with his international passport, the only place he could have gone is Ghana with his ECOWAS passport in her possession.
A few days back, your first wife also came online to speak against your mum?
The true story about that is this my first wife and marriage was a mistake I was rushed into it. We had only dated for 6 weeks before we did something in her church. There was no registry, court. We didn’t even go through the normal process of counselling and all that, like I said we had only dated for 6 weeks. I only got to know later that the church thing we did was fast tracked. We had separated for 2 years and 7months before I met Tonto. The priest from the church said the marriage was wrong and should be annulled but she insisted on getting paper works when Tonto started with her Mr X saga. I don’t like wasting my life or my time, so I had to move on because she told me she has moved on too and we didn’t have any child together. So, in all honesty, we had gone our separate ways before Tonto Dikeh came into the picture and Tonto knew about it all and the process of getting the paperwork sorted from my first marriage since she insisted and that is why Tonto and I didn’t do any official wedding yet till we got it sorted out.
So we only went to meet the chiefs in Tonto’s place because she was pregnant. We’ve not even done the proper traditional marriage. So I kind of find the connection between my first wife and Tonto Dikeh very strange because the last I know, they weren’t on talking terms and they never met but then I also know Tonto can do anything to bring me down even as the father of her child.
Both of them seem to have an attack against your mum in common as well?
What they are doing is planned. I see they’ve been liking each other’s posts on Instagram and the way Tonto operates is this. If she wants to bring you down, she’ll be friends with your enemy, she fights so hard. But the truth is, they both had issues with my mum, and I don’t understand why my wife will not respect my mum. I can’t just get married to you in one year and you are insulting my mum and calling her names, pushing her down. They know I love my mum so much and will do anything for her. It’s not like you are lacking or suffering as a wife but anytime I do something for my mum, it becomes a problem. I know what that woman has been through, she goes on many days dry fasting for my sake so you don’t expect me to allow her to be disrespected.
In conclusion, what’s the plan you have for your son?
For my son, I don’t want him to grow up in that kind of environment and I also didn’t want to do anything to hurt Tonto because she’s the mother of my child. In real life, I’m easy going, I’m not a trouble maker but the way she paints me as a trouble maker, I should have gone to her house and forcefully take my son or take her to court and start dragging a case, but I’ve not done none of that, I’m letting her take her time because he’s my son and no one can take that away.Tonto is the kind of person that I can go to her house to see my son and just knocking at her door, she’ll scream domestic violence again, she knows how to manipulate things, so you have to be very careful with that kind of person.
Reflecting over everything now, do you think you relationship with her was a mistake?
Yes it was and I knew it when I was going into it. I knew I was going into danger, but I was ready to go into it to save her, but right now I do not care anymore, I’m done, I can’ deal with it anymore. I don’t want the relationship anymore. She says I borrowed money from her and I’m like how? where is the evidence? At least I gave her 10 million naira last Christmas and I have proof of payment, so if she borrowed me money, she should prove it.All these kind of negativity comes from someone who said she fasted 21 days before she met me, someone who said I brought her closer to God, so where is God in this situation and the way she wants my downfall?
Now that you are single again, would you consider going into any relationship again?
NO. I don’t have any plans for that. Now it’s just business because I’m still in shock.
Concluded.
Source: Linda Ikeji’s Blog