- Nollywood actor Yul Edochie faces ongoing marital issues with his first wife, May Edochie, centering on the refusal to return the bride price and retain his last name.
- Journalist Wisdom Nwedene reveals the potential consequences of Yul Edochie retrieving the bride price based on the Ebonyi Tradition.
- According to the journalist, in Ebonyi State, a man loses custody of his children if he reclaims the bride price. Children remain his only if he ends the marriage without retrieving the payment.
- The journalist advises Yul Edochie to tread carefully to avoid losing paternal rights to his three children.
Nigerian journalist Wisdom Nwedene has revealed the possible consequences that actor Yul Edochie might face if he decides to retrieve the bride price paid for his first wife, May Edochie.
Yul Edochie, a popular Nollywood actor, has been in the public eye due to his ongoing marital dispute with May Edochie.
The actor has expressed dissatisfaction with May’s refusal to return his bride price despite their impending divorce, as well as her reluctance to drop his last name.
According to Wisdom Nwedene, who hails from Ebonyi State, the traditional customs in the region hold that a man loses custody of his children once he retrieves the bride price paid for his wife.
The journalist goes on to explain that if Yul Edochie decides not to proceed with the marriage without reclaiming the bride price, the children will remain legally his.
Nwedene cautions Yul Edochie, advising him to tread carefully if he desires to maintain a relationship with his three children from his marriage with May.
He emphasizes that in Ebonyi State, the act of returning the bride price signifies the transfer of child custody to the wife and her future spouse.
The journalist explains that for Yul Edochie to retain custody of his children, he must take an alternative route.
If he chooses to end the marriage without reclaiming the bride price, the children will continue to be legally his.
However, should he opt to retrieve the bride price, the children will no longer be considered his own, and any future husband of May Edochie would assume paternal responsibilities.
In the Journalist words;
“Anyone close to Yul Edochie should tell him that in Ebonyi State, once Family members return bride price, the children is no longer his own.”
“And any man that comes to marry May will automatically own his children. That’s the traditional in Ebonyi State and he should trend with caution except he doesn’t want the children he had with may.
Before You Argue Blindly, This Is How It Done Traditional In Ebonyi State Where Yul Edochie Married His First Wife, May From
If the man, that’s Yul Edochie should carry his wife back to her parents house and tell her people that he’s no longer marring again without taking any bride price from them. Then the children will become his, but if he takes the bride price back. The children won’t become his own again.
Because the money is for the replacement of the children. And if another man should pay bride price on May, he will be the owner of Yul Edochie’s children.
Remember, before you argue blindly make inquiries. This is not Court matter.”
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