Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe and her ex-husband Lanre Gentry, are celebrating their daughter, Michelle Gentry on her birthday as she clocks 16.
In separate posts to Instagram on Wednesday, the estrange couple penned down beautiful birthday messages to their daughter.
“Happy Sweet Sixteen Birthday to Boluwatife …. her mother’s daughter you will continue to grow in God’s abundant Grace IJN….. love you my princess,” Mercy wrote.
“Daughter time seems to have flown by. Just the other day you could barely stand, and now I get to watch you run the world! Watching you grow up has been such a joy, and I know that only greatness lies ahead for you. May your birthday be just as spectacular as you are. Happy birthday,” Lanre wrote.
The renowned actress revealed the challenges she endured in her marriage to Lanre Gentry last year.
In several social media posts, Mercy claimed that the domestic abuse inflicted on her by her husband had left her bruised and with injuries to the head on many occasions.
Mercy explained that several times, her husband had abused her physically, after which he would call on friends and family members to apologise on his behalf.
Lanre was remanded in prison after he was arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Lagos on a three-count charge under the State Criminal law 2011.
He was released after he spent seven days in the Kirikiri prison.
