IBADAN, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – Mr. Ibu’s daughter and content creator, Jasmine Okafor has split from her husband of nine months after getting married within two months of meeting, dating.
The once sweet, lovey-dovey relationship seems to have hit the rock as fast as it started.
Jasmine ended the union after finding out her now estranged husband was previously married with three grown kids.
Taking to her Instagram page, Jasmine wrote: “This was the best 9 months of my life! I have no regrets whatsoever! I just won’t settle for a lie regardless! I forgive easily, I remember asking you about this severally before we started! Finding out today from your mum, really broke me!
“A foundation built upon a tiny lie won’t stand! I love how you loved me! But hate how you never mentioned your divorce nor kids to me! Moving on I don’t think I want anybody else! Just gonna love you from a distance!”
In another message shared on her WhatsApp status, Jasmine added: “My marriage was so beautiful and full of love, my husband literally worshiped me! I don’t know if anyone is ever going to love me as he did! But this one lie! I can’t forgive! I have filed a divorce today! I found out today that he has 3 grown-up girls! 3?
“Never told me he was married and divorced! Yes, he’s divorced, but still doesn’t change anything! I married a single loving husband! I won’t settle for less! I love him so much! I appreciate all the love you showed me! You showed me a different version of love! I appreciate but I can’t settle for a tiny lie! I can’t forget! I won’t forgive!
“I don’t owe anyone an explanation!! Don’t ever lie about your age for any reason! I love you MD.”
Jasmine announced her engagement to MD in a TikTok video in February 2022.
Speaking on their marriage before the crash, Mr. Ibu whose real name is John Okafor, in an interview with Punch had said: “She is not my biological daughter but I trained her. She calls me daddy and I call her daughter. I am okay with it (her getting married). I have been praying for them and I will keep on doing that.
“Man and woman got to know each other one day. It is a gradual process. However, I don’t want to see tears.”
Despite Mr. Ibu’s warning, however, the marriage hit the rocks and the unprecedented development has prompted responses from Nigerians on social media.
A netizen, @jane_kreative blamed her for rushing into the marriage. She said: “You were too fast….too fast…men need to be studied that’s called courtship for at least 2 years.”
According to @lisaimen94: “You don’t need to post this sha, deal with it personally, the internet is never the right place to bring family or personal issues.”
@dubai_socialist also spared a thought on the latest development, stating: “That thing you call love was just cruise, and don’t expect God to forgive you when you can’t forgive your fellow human being and your husband at that, please next time don’t go for a man you meant on TikTok.”
@sucesful001 supported Jasmine’s decision, writing: “What you did was right how would he lie about his kid nothing concern us with him ex but person wey lie say hin nor get pikin wetin that person nor con fit do” just as @its_salamotu wrote: “People underestimate the power of an honest conversation and a romance based on true feelings. He should have let her know the truth and let her be the one to decide for herself. One lie can make someone question everything single thing! Just one lie!”
@ladygifted2 had another perspective to the news: “I remembered reading about your post on how you met him on TikTok, few days you knew him all and got married, through that many believed that love doesn’t waste time, maybe he needed time to unfold the truth, this truth doesn’t just come out in some days because he was the one that approached, maybe he was afraid of losing you, he needed some time to unfold.”