Nigeria: Ex-Gov Shaba Lafiaji's Daughter's Marriage Crashes

16 February 2014

Fairy tales never last forever. Little wonder celebrity marriages crash and burn in record time. With plenty of money to escape and start over and the certainty of plenteous new suitors and romantic possibilities, when things get a little rough around the household, it's tempting and quite easy for the beautiful-and-rich to split up, turn the page and start a new chapter of life. Notwithstanding this immutable fact, not a few people, particularly scions of the rich, would contend that the uncertainties of silver spoon romance, the fatalism of cupid as well as the dilemmas of conscience and egotism all critically constitute unfair influences in the crash of so many silver spoon marriages.

Now more than ever, the rhetoric on the lips of many victims, survivors and spectators of silver spoon marriages is: "Is being gorgeous, wealthy, and famous the kiss of death for lasting love?" Well, sadly, it often is. Why? Because most silver spoon kids and partners in celebrity marriages don't really need each other for survival and even for comfort, oftentimes, at least not to the extent that the average Nigerian depends on his or her spouse. And like several silver spoon kids' marriages, the marriage between Nollywood actor, Ibrahim Chatta, and his wife, Salamatu Lafiaji, the daughter of former Kwara State governor, Senator Shaaba Lafiaji, has crashed irretrievably.

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