Their marriage divorce that ended 7 years ago is now being lived out on blogs! I know i have not been gisting you all about how their whole matter started, but here is just the basic of what you need to know before you hear the latest problems facing the one time couple!
>Firstly, rumor reached our ears that the actor and his actress wife were in court, because he dragged her there to make her drop his last name "Balogun" after their divorce.
>Then the actor came out to deny that they were not in court that all we were hearing was just rumours...
>Okay na, yesterday, Fathia came out and openly told the whole world that they were in court oh! and that saidi, was lying...
>NOW, Saidi is firing back at his wife claiming that yes they were in court, but not because of the "Surname dropping issue"
See the reply he put out below;
“Yesterday I was accused of lying to the press on a recent rumor that has been circulating. I separated from my ex-wife Fathia Balogun in 2006, over 7 years ago. Since we were LEGALLY MARRIED IN COURT, we had to LEGALLY DIVORCE IN COURT to finalize the issue. The public is welcome to go to the Lagos High Court to verify these records. This has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY NAME! I AM NOT ASKING OR FORCING FATHIA TO STOP USING THE NAME BALOGUN, as it is one of the most common Yoruba names.
Furthermore, to set the record straight, Fathia and I had TWO children together NOT THREE. Fathia's first child is from a different husband that she later divorced before we were married.
I never lied to anyone. Journalists presented me with a rumor that had no basis in fact, so I simply stated that I DO NOT WANT MY PRIVATE LIFE MADE PUBLIC. IT IS MY PRIVACY AND CONCERNS NOBODY. I decided to stay quiet as the two parties involved in this issue are over 40 years old, and I think we are old enough to handle this issue MATURELY instead of turning our private matters into a public gossip debate.
I hope this issue is now clarified for the public, as I SAIDI BALOGUN am divulging the true facts myself instead of using a MISINFORMED publicist to do so for me. There are so many positive aspects of Nigeria's entertainment industry, we would rather focus on negative meaningless noise instead of these positive components.
PLEASE GIVE ME THE RESPECT OF KEEPING MY PERSONAL LIFE PRIVATE AND OUT OF THE PUBLIC EYE. I AM FOCUSING ON MY WORK. THANK YOU!
-Saidi Balogun
*lols... I doubt this roforofo has ended... Patiently waiting for Fathias reply