Actress Rita Edochie has explained why Yul Edochie’s estranged wife May Yul-Eodchie cannot return the bride price he requested for.
Yul had earlier alleged that May filed for divorce but refused to return the bride price to him.
Reacting to the statement in an Instagram post, Rita Edochie said a woman has no right to return bride price and the divorce case is still in court.
She wrote: “BIA DRAMA DEV! L SH#T THE HECK UP ! I SAID SH#T UP, ZIP UP YOUR LYING MOUTH.
“DRAMA DEV!L YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW THE TRADITION , BECAUSE IF YOU DO, YOU WOULD HAVE REASONED APPROPRIATELY BEFORE WRITING THOSE JAGONS, A WOMAN HAS NO RIGHT TO RETURN THE BRIDE PRICE OF A MAN RATHER IT IS THE MAN WHO MOVES TO THE WOMAN’S HOMETOWN WITH HIS KINSMEN TO ASK FOR THE RETURN OF THE BRIDE PRICE, SAME WAY HE WENT TO PAY INITIALLY.
“WELL AM NOT SURPRISED AT ALL THAT YOU DO NOT KNOW THE TRADITION, AFTER ALL YOU WERE PICKED BY OGBOMMANU ONITSHA WHO WERE HIRED TO JOIN IN PAYING YOUR BRIDE PRICE . HOW YOU WANT TAKE SABI??
“NOW TALKING ABOUT THE RETURN OF BRIDE PRICE, NO ONE IS READY FOR THAT AT THE MOMENT, MUCH AS I KNOW YOU ARE THE ONE PUSHING HIM JUST TO ENSURE YOU TAKE OVER COMPLETELY.
“THE REASON IS THIS, QUEEN MAY HAS BEEN ASKING FOR A DIVORCE, SHE URGED YUL OUR SON TO COME RETRIEVE THE BRIDE PRICE BUT HE KEPT HOLDING BACK THINKING QUEEN MAY WOULD LATER GIVE IN TO HIS POLYGAMOUS INTENTIONS.
“NOT UNTIL LATE LAST YEAR WHEN THE MATTER WAS TAKEN TO COURT, ONLY THEN DID HE START DEMANDING THE BRIDE PRICE WHICH YOU HAVE BEEN PUSHING HIM TO DO.”
