Why I cheated, quit my husband – Ijoba Lande’s wife

 

Dara, the estranged wife of comedian and skit maker Kehinde Ganiyu, popularly known as Ijoba Lande has finally opened up on why she ended the marriage with the actor.

According to Dara, her ex-husband is an addicted gambler. She also alleged that Ijoba Lande do assault her at every slightest opportunity.

The estranged wife made the revelation in an interview with actress Biola Adebayo on Friday.

She swore to have never slept with 21 men, which Ijoba Lande claimed in a viral interview while daring the comedian to name and release the video he has.

According to her, Marygold, the comedian’s manager, who coincidentally happened to be her friend, was the primary reason she left the marriage, stressing that her ex-husband was always taking sides with her during arguments.

“When I met Lande, I didn’t date him because of the money he has. People do not want us to date. Even then, I had someone I was dating, but my friend (Marygold) convinced me to date after he showed interest in me at a party we first met. He plays aviator (online betting) a lot, and that thing rips him of millions, to the extent that he sold his car and still used it to make a bet. He was always on his phone and had no attention for me, not knowing that he had always glued himself to those online betting websites.

“I even went as far as collecting food on credit while staying with him. He doesn’t take care of me. And on top of that, he beat me up due to his anger issue. Our problem started when he began to back Marygold for defaulting a monthly contribution of N100,000 pack N1 million. I would challenge Marygold to pay up but Lande would side with her that I should leave her beause she’s broke, I wasn’t taking it lightly because when it was her turn, she collected the money as the N100,000 contribution was coming from the contributors.

“Before I left his place, we had once planned to do a content that we saw me leaving his house. Even the money for my introduction, I paid it myself. I did not take anything out of his house when I left; my clothes and other items were still in his house,” she said.

On what led to the ‘Truth or Dare’ game at the residence of popular Yoruba Nollywood actor Babatunde Tayo, aka Baba Tee, Dara said Marygold initiated the game for a reason best known to her.

She said that she was drunk and probably did not know what transpired during the sex dare but recalled sitting on Baba Tee’s legs while regretting playing such a game and being at that scene.

It would be recalled that Lande had claimed that his wife left him after he discovered her alleged infidelity, stating that at least 21 men in the entertainment industry were involved with her.

One major name he mentioned was, Baba Tee.

But on his part, Baba Tee who initially denied, eventually confirmed a short sex encounter adding that he never knew Dara to be Lande’s wife, that he only met Dara through actress, Marygold as a content creator.

However, he also in a short message apologised to Lande.