Nollywood actress Peggy Ovire has announced that her divorce from fellow actor Frederick Leonard has been finalised, weeks after accusing him publicly of infidelity.
The actress confirmed the development through a series of posts shared on her Instagram Story on Wednesday, where she appeared to celebrate the end of the marriage.
She reposted a message from a friend that read, “Thank You Jesus. My queen is free,” and followed it with another post stating, “Thank You Jesus. It is done”.
The actress also took to Snapchat on Thursday to share a video of herself with the caption: “Miss Peggy Ovire”.
The confirmation comes after Ovire accused Leonard of having an affair with a married woman and urged him to appear in court for the dissolution of their marriage.
She also claimed that Leonard, despite initiating the divorce proceedings, had failed to appear in court on two occasions, sending his lawyer instead.
Ovire had urged him to attend the next hearing on June 23 so the marriage can be formally dissolved.
“Married woman oh. Shameless lots. Please don’t avoid coming to customary court June 23rd, for the 2nd time,” she had said.
“So called traditional Igbo man with another Igbo man’s wife with four children, you ran to a blogger that I was lying but when you were served and saw details of my petition, you knew I had seen one out of many, yet refused to show up in court but sent your lawyer.
“You said you wanted a divorce, yet you didn’t show up when you were served. Please don’t avoid customary court for the second time on June 23rd because I’m coming with receipts and let’s make this divorce done and dusted, so both of you can finally be together.”
