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Mercy Aigbe’s hubby arrested, kept in prison
Lanre Gentry, the hotelier hubby of Nollywood actress Mercy Aigbe has been arrested and remanded at the Kirikiri Prison for alleged assault and battery of his wife.
Reports say Lanre who has been on the run and has also failed to show up in court twice over charges of assault and domestic violence leveled against him by his wife, will remain in police custody until his bail conditions are perfected.
However, after two failed attempts, Lanre was however brought before Magistrate Mrs O Aje- Afunwa Ogba Magistrate court on Tuesday for allegedly assaulting his wife, causing bodily harm after punching her in the nose.
Read also: Mercy Aigbe says hubby’s connivance with police scares her
Inspector N. Peter, the police prosecutor said Lanre who pleaded not guilty to charges against him, committed the crime contrary to and punishable under sections 157 (f), 168 (a) and 171 of the Criminal Law No II, Vol. 44 Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria 2011.
Before adjourning the matter till May 12 for trial, Magistrate Aje-Afunwa granted Lanre bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in the like sum.
Aje-Afunwa also ordered that the sureties must show proof of tax payment and own a house in Lagos with title documents.
Report say Lanre’s lawyer also applied for bail for his client which was granted by the court but the hotelier was later sent to prison pending the perfection of his bail conditions.
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Agbor Chris
May 10, 2017 at 12:51 pm
Why won’t their marriage collapse like a building with bad foundation? Well, I’m not sure their wedding had solid foundation because I’ve never read it anywhere that Mercy Aigbe went to the church or mosque with her family, instead they are always busy at events or traveling abroad. Why won’t the marriage crash? She should go back their and let her husband beat her very well.
Anita Kingsley
May 10, 2017 at 12:54 pm
Any relationship/marriage that doesn’t have the God factor is just like fetching water inside a basket, it will never retain water. No matter how hard they try to make things work, without God, they will labor in vain. You have a very good point there, couples need to move closer to get her, pray together so there can be peace in their homes.
Animashaun Ayodeji
May 10, 2017 at 12:56 pm
No good man will raise his hand up to beat his wife, no matter what! The husband is highly irresponsible and should never thrown to jail so that other men can learn from him.
Joy Madu
May 11, 2017 at 6:12 am
How i wish he will go to jail so that other men will learn from it because beating a woman is a crime
yanju omotodun
May 10, 2017 at 1:02 pm
Marrying a celebrity is a problem. Their lives is full of fake and flagrant reprobates they are. Is Mercy the only lady that is being battered in marriage? Marriage is no longer respected as people desecrate the sanity of it. Now am sure the idiot will hinge on that to go for divorce, then get married to another celeb again, it seems their private parts does not mean anything to them as they wish everyone can see it and have a taste of it.
seyi jelili
May 10, 2017 at 1:10 pm
Don’t you know that these females celebrities are professional prostitutes, they are ladies of easy virtues, they are just hiding under the canopy of celebrities but they are nothing but dogs, they have lost counts of people who had slept with them in life.
Balarabe musa
May 10, 2017 at 4:14 pm
Please don’t talk about these celebrated monkeys again, they don’t deserve our comment