Kayode Salako, the husband of Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola has opened up on his decision to father a child with another woman while still marrie
Kayode Salako, the husband of Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola has opened up on his decision to father a child with another woman while still married to the actress.
Foluke and Kayode tied the knot in 2010 but the marriage is yet to produce a child.
Foluke has two children from her previous marriage to Tunde Sobowale, the son of a former education commissioner in Lagos State. Their marriage lasted from 2005 to 2008.
Salako had equally parted ways with his ex-wife, Olubukola Olusunmola, with whom he shares three children with before getting married to Foluke.
He clarified the circumstances surrounding his decision to father a child with another woman in a statement posted on his Facebook page.
He disclosed that he made the decision with his wife’s full consent, refuting rumours that he married another wife.
“Foluke has been involved from the beginning. It happened with her understanding and permission. It took me three years of begging Foluke Daramola-Salako, my wife, to allow me to have at least one or two children here in Nigeria for the security of my old age.
“I do not know when I will go back to where I came from, but it is my wish to grow old. I eventually got her understanding about it, through the help of her (Foluke) mum, about four years ago.”
He said that the child, Murewa, now over three years old, is the result of a mutual understanding between him and the 46-year-old actress who urged him to have the child with a well-raised young woman whom she could relate to like her own younger sister.
“The first three children I have have long been taken away and living with their mother in America. They are now grown-up men and may not come to Nigeria to live with me like that again. I have been living alone.
“Foluke is a film producer and social celebrity who hardly stays at home. She is swamped and does a lot outside the home to survive. I have been married and have lived with her for over 13 years, but God has not yet given us our own child. She saw reason with me after a while and said I could go ahead,” he noted.
He also said that Foluke and the mother of his child are on good terms.
