UPDATE: Why A Woman Cannot Return Bride Price, Rita Edochie Knocks Yul
Rita Edochie, the ace Nigerian actress, has berated Yul for asking for a refund of the bride price he paid when he married May.
Yul and his estranged wife have been engaging in a heated online dispute in the past days.
The controversy started in April 2022, when the actor announced the arrival of a child with Judy Austin Muoghalu — to the displeasure of May.
In her New Year post, May said 2023 came with “too many adversities and misfortunes”. She also said the worst of the experience was that 2023 “stole my own flesh and blood” — implying the death of Kambilichukwu, her first child with Yul, in March.
In response to her post, Yul accused May of having breast enlargement surgery in the same year without his consent.
The actor also cautioned his first wife against manipulating public opinion on social media to foster resentment towards him.
Yul further said his estranged wife “filed for divorce but refused to return the bride price”.
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Weighing in on the online dispute between the estranged couple, Rita, who is a member of the Edochie family, argued that May has no right to return the bride price Yul requested.
The movie star, who is married to Tony Edochie, a younger brother to Pete Edochie, Yul’s father, added that the divorce case is still in court.
She maintained that Yul should go to his wife’s hometown and demand the return of the bride price.
“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,” she wrote on Instagram.
“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 2023 when the matter was taken to court, only then did he start demanding the bride price which you (Judy Austin) have been pushing him to do.
“The unfortunate thing is that this matter is now in full custody of the court and nothing can be done till the case is over in court. So I repeat, no bride price can be returned except with consent and order from the court. So you have to wait till whenever.”
