Toke Makinwa Called Off Marriage Weeks Before They Married

The leaked divorce papers put paid to all that radio/TV presenter Toke Makinwa, had been insinuating for some days about her marriage to Maje Ayida—its’s over!

The pretty power-dresser had filed a divorce suit against her estranged husband in a Lagos court and she had instituted Maje and his Baby Mama, Anita Solomon, as respondents.

From the petitions filed, Toke said it all—Maje was unfaithful, the marriage ceased to exist on November 8, 2015 when she could not stand the repeated adulterous acts of the man.  He had a baby outside their marriage. To Toke, this was a deliberate act because he funded his baby mama (Anita Solomon) trip abroad to have the baby and kept sending money even when they (Maje and Toke) were almost evicted from their Lagos home! He abused her physically; she spent her money on him, while he spent his on his Baby mama and love child. Maybe the last straw was the N20million endorsement deal she lost as a result of the love child scandal.

Maybe what many would not know is the fact that Toke had called off the relationship before their January 15^th wedding.

In an interview Toke granted SUNDAY PUNCH in the December 15, 2013 edition, she told the interviewer that she had called off the then 12-year-old relationship with Maje. According to Toke, the relationship was not meant to be.

She said, “I was once in a long term relationship with Maje Ayida and it has come to an end. I think it’s unfair for me to speak about our relationship because he is not here to defend himself. He is an amazing guy but it was not meant to be. It’s strange being single again but I am taking it one step after the other. One of the mistakes I made in my last relationship is that we dated for a long time. They were amazing years but they were also 12 long years. When you are faithful to someone, know what you can tolerate.”

The 31-year-old Idanre Ondo State-born Toke must indeed have discovered some things about her husband-to-be and called off the engagement. She meant what she said and would not have joked with such statement in a national newspaper! Maybe she was prevailed upon because after the publication, she got married to the same guy three weeks after! Though the wedding had no pomp (just a private ceremony) the divorce brouhaha now could have been averted if she had stuck to her guns.

What is her idea of a Mr. Right? “My Mr. Right has to be God-fearing, who would not do certain things because he is God-fearing. He has to understand what I do and must not be selfish in any way.”

Then, as a single gal, she revealed that she was not pressurised to marry. “I am not under any pressure to get married. It’s the society that puts pressure on women not minding that divorce rates are high,” she said.