ESTRANGED COUPLE SAHEED AND FATHIA BALOGUN OFFICIALLY DIVORCED. AS SAHEED REMARRIES SECRETLY

After living apart for some years now as a result of their crashed marriage, actor Saheed Balogun and his estranged wife Fathia Balogun are officially divorced.

E24-7 reported yesterday that the divorce was effective as of January 17, 2014. The development put an end to their six years old troubled union. The divorce trailed several years of allegations and counter-allegations of infidelity and battery between the couple which culminated in an ugly split.
Saheed Balogun and Fathia Williams were married on September 7, 2000, at the Ikorodu Marriage Registry, Lagos and were blessed with two children- a boy and a girl.

Saheed and New Wife
 

Saheed in his 40s had filed a petition seeking for a divorce in April 12, 2013, citing ‘irreconcilable differences’ and maintained that Faithia had deserted him for a continuous period, over one year before 2006 when both parties have lived apart. He also averred in his petition that Faithia  Williams had treated him in such a way that it can no longer be reasonably expected to live with her under the same roof as husband and wife. He therefore sought among others in his petition, the order of the court to dissolve the marriage and also to be given unfettered access to the children of the marriage.

In his judgment in the suit No: HD/132/13, Justice O.O. Atilade granted petitioner’s request and ordered that Saidi Balogun should have unrestrained access to the two children of the marriage-  Khalid Olalekan Balogun and Aaliyah Balogun- during and after school holidays, anywhere they may be  and subject to agreement  between both parties. Throughout the proceedings, none of the parties made any appearance in court.

However Saheed has since remarried. His wife is identified as Funke  Elegushi, a younger sister to HRM Oba Saheed Elegushi, Kusenla III of Ikate land, Lagos. The union is over a year old, and they live together in their Magodo GRA, Lagos home. While Faithia moved to Medina Estate, Gbagada, Lagos, immediately after the separation, she has been romantically linked with several men in and outside the movie industry, especially marketers.