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The late appearance of Nollywood star actress, Mercy Aigbe yesterday hampered the court hearing of her estranged husband, Olanrewaju Gentry before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate Court.
Gentry is facing charges bordering on domestic violence offences for allegedly beating and perpetrating injuries on his wife opposing to provisions of Protection Against Domestic Violence and Connected Purposes Law of Lagos State 2007.
The separated couple were scheduled to appear yesterday before Chief Magistrate Mrs Folakemi Davies- Abegunde. Gentry, appeared in court at 9 a.m yesterday. Aigbe was to present to the court the medical report of the alleged domestic violence meted on her by her estranged husband.
Mercy had applied for the restrictive order in line with sections 5(1), 1(3) and section 7(1) of Protection Against Domestic Violence and Connected Purposes Law 2007.Another difficulty before the family bordered on the custody of their two children.
At about 11.05 a.m. yesterday, when the court clerk first called their case, the couple were not within air shot. When the case was called again at 11.25 am, only Gentry answered and went inside the chamber of the Chief Magistrate with his counsel.He came out about 18 minutes later at about 11.43 a.m. and immediately departed the court premises with his counsel.
The Nation reports that Mercy Aigbe surfaced minutes after, dressed in a white flowing gown dotted with pictures of apple fruit in red and green.She came in accompanied by her counsel, Uche Ani and proceeded into the Chief Magistrate’s chamber. They came out few minutes after, having obtained the date of adjournment of the matter.
She later drove away from the court premises in her black coloured Acura SUV car marked KSF 283 EM at 12.05 p.m.Chief Magistrate Davies-Abegunde, has adjourned the court hearing to June 28.