One of the reasons Mercy Aigbe-Adeoti, a Nollywood actress, chose to become Kazim Adeoti’s second wife has been revealed.
Speaking on Nollywood on Radio, Mercy clarified that she chose to marry her spouse in large part because of his experience and commitment to Nollywood. She pointed out that their partnership is based on shared professional goals in addition to personal ties.
Regarding their common goals, she remarked, “That’s one of the reasons why I married him actually.”
“We’re building an empire together, a production empire, and I felt like I needed someone like that,” she continued
It’s fortunate that he works in the field because the future of the empire is bright already with my strength and his combined might.”
Following her disclosure, the actress received a lot of backlash on social media, with many people reminding her of Adeoti’s first wife, who allegedly refused to approve of their union.
One person commented, “Elesin! He already built an empire with his first wife.
“You are aware that you deceived this woman, Mercy. It is a different matter if you and the first wife were strangers, as she is a Muslim, but you are untrustworthy,” someone else stated.
Since the beginning, Mercy’s marriage to Kazim had been tainted by rumors that she had gotten in the way of the filmmaker’s relationship with his first wife, Funso. But before they even began dating, Kazim claimed that he and Aigbe had been friends for more than a decade while working together as business partners. Later, before Mercy married Adeoti in 2022, her ex-husband Lanre Gentry also claimed that she had been pals with Funso the entire time.
The actress shocked her admirers on social media in April 2023 when she revealed her name as Hajia Meenah Mercy Adeoti and announced her conversion just before Ramadan started.
