NOLLYWOOD ACTOR SOLOMON AKIYESI'S WEDDING DISRUPTED BY FIRST WIFE.

SOLOMON AKIYESI

The Overcomers Church World Outreach in                                    
Surulere, Lagos, has issued an apology for
the disruption of the wedding between
Nollywood actor, Solomon Akiyesi, and
Uloma Agwu on Saturday.
Pandemonium broke out after the groom’s
wife from his first marriage stormed the
church as the marital union had gotten
underway, forcing the church to cancel the
ceremony.
“We regret the ugly series of events that
followed this brash display. At the
Overcomers Church, we do our due
diligence to ensure a couple set to wed is
right in the eyes of the law and in the eyes
of God,” said the church in a statement
signed by Chika Moses, the Media
Representative.
“To the best of our knowledge, Mr. Akiyesi
was unmarried. The Overcomers Church
World Outreach regrets that the woman
who disrupted the wedding chose such a
time to do so.
“There is no ideal situation here, but it
would have been right that she bring the
case before church officials in a manner
befitting a house of worship,” the church
added.
Mr. Akiyesi’s wife, Lilian, pregnant and
accompanied by friends, walked into the
marriage ceremony immediately after the
praise and worship session, as the minister
was about to begin officiating.
It took the efforts of police officers to
restore order within the church’s premises.
The church, in its statement, said that the
intending couple would not be “legally
joined together” until the matter is properly
settled by lawful authorities.
N.E Moses, the church’s General Overseer,
addressed the congregation after the
incident, according to the statement.
“Bishop Moses prayed for the couple, Mr.
Akiyesi and Ms. Agwu, but did not legally
wed them – no documents were signed so
as not to disobey the law…
“Our Bishop has urged us to take a lesson
from this and be careful of the decisions we
make in life, so the consequences don’t hurt
us in the future.”
Mr. Akiyesi, a graduate of the University of
Ibadan, has appeared in movies such as the
God of Shiloh, an unofficial biography of
David Oyedepo, the General Overseer of
Living Faith Church Worldwide.
He has also starred in such Nollywood
movies as Dumebi The Dirty Girl, alongside
Mercy Johnson and Kenneth Okonkwo; Wave
of Glory, alongside Ini Edo; and Mystery
Beads with Jackie Appiah, amongst others.
In his facebook post after the incident, Mr.
Akiyesi said that his earlier marriage to
Lilian, which unconfirmed sources say has
lasted for seven years, was “limiting and
retrogressing him.”
“Every man has a right to take away that
which will truncate his life. My marriage was
one of the many things limiting and
retrogressing me. If I find a better
alternative I doubt why I won’t take it. So
people should leave me alone (sic) pls.”
 SOURCE: ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT.