Two of My Five Children Were Not Mine – Veteran Actor Taofeek Salami Reveals Late Wife's Court Confession
Veteran Nollywood actor Taofeek Salami, popularly known as Tioruju Mondusi, has opened up about the most painful experience of his life as his late wife’s confession in court that two of their five children were fathered by another man.
Speaking on the African A-List podcast, the actor recounted how a legal battle following her extramarital affair led to the shocking revelation.
According to Salami, the trouble began five years ago when he returned from a film location to find his wife, then nine months pregnant with their fifth child, missing. After two days of failed calls, she eventually picked up but refused to disclose her whereabouts.
The veteran actor revealed that upon visiting her mother’s house, he discovered that she had done an introduction with another married man. He also shared how he confronted her when she returned home, before she tackled him questioning who told him he was the father of her pregnancy.
He also said that his refusal to allow the naming ceremony of the child in his house led her to file for divorce, during which she confessed that their third and fifth children were not his. She later died from depression after the man abandoned her for his own family.
He said: “The only person that did the most painful thing to me in life is my wife. The incident brought tears from my eyes. She’s late now, may God forgive her.”
“I went to a location about five years ago, and I didn’t meet her at home when I returned. As at the time, she was nine months pregnant with our fifth child. I was unable to reach her on the phone to know her whereabouts until two days later when her number went through. After getting in touch with her she refused to tell me her whereabouts.”
“It was when I visited her mother’s house to complain that I realised she had done an introduction with another man who is already married with four kids. After seeing the photo frame, I called to abuse her. That was when she returned to the house to abuse me and asked who told me that I’m the owner of the pregnancy.”
“She gave birth a few days later and requested to do the naming ceremony in my house after she had openly said the baby is not mine. That was when I got angry and arrested her alongside the man and his friend that came to beg me.”
“Following my refusal to allow the naming to take place at my compound, she took me to court for the dissolution of our marriage. It was in the court that she confessed that the third and the last child were not mine. She has been going out with the man for many years. She died last year from depression after the man she left me for later abandoned her to face his family because he is already married with four children before the incident. He is from Ijebu in Ogun State.”