Ayojimi Balogun, the son of popular Juju musician and president of Association of Juju musicians of Nigeria, Queen Ayo Balogun has been accused of assaulting his wife, Jennifer.
Ayojimi and Jennifer had a fairy-tale star-studded wedding in 2017 which was the talk of town. The duo were friends for a long time and even live-in lovers with a child who was almost a year and half years before they finally got married.
A few years after their marriage, Ayojimi became aggressive towards his wife and allegedly turned her into a punching bag. Jennifer who couldn’t endure the domestic violence allegedly reported the case to the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence agency and her husband was arrested on allegation of assault.
He was arraigned before a family court in Ikeja last week for allegedly beating his wife. Ayojimi was charged for assault by beating his wife but he pleaded not guilty to the charge. According to the prosecutor, Inspector Ajayi Emmanuel the offense was committed on Dec. 30, 2022.
Emmanuel said the defendant allegedly assaulted his wife, Jennifer Balogun, 27, by beating her. He added that the offence was contrary to Section 170 and punishable under Section 172 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, Nigeria, 2015.
The defense counsel, Semilore Oluwataye, urged the court to grant his client bail in the most liberal terms and promised that his client would be present at all the court proceedings.
The Magistrate, I.O. Raji admitted the defendant to a bail in the sum of N50,000 and two sureties, who must be residents of Lagos State and he adjourned the case until February 16 for another hearing.
Queen Ayo Balogun has since been having a sleepless night as a result of the development as she does not want anything to tarnish the image and reputation she had built over the years.
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