Real Reasons Why Orode Uduaghan's Marriage Crashed

Ryan Okpu would still have been married to Orode, daughter of former Delta State governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan, but he is no longer her husband.

He was said to have walked out of the 4-year-old marriage. 

According to reliable sources, his action was due to the fact that he did not get proceeds he expected from the marriage. Findings revealed that unknown to Orode, Ryan wooed her and got married to her simply because he wanted to lay his hands on her father’s wealth.

According to a report by the Capital.ng, Ryan sought out Orode’s hand in marriage in order to gain access to her father, former Governor Uduaghan’s expansive wealth, business and political contacts. He allegedly manipulated her and made her fall in love with him in a desperate bid to fulfill his lust for affluence. Thus when they got married on November 12, 2011, Ryan was ecstatic. He felt he had achieved his aims and would thereafter enjoy certain perks of being in-law to a governor; such perks include access to highly lucrative contracts and so on. He felt Orode was his meal ticket hence he would never lack in money and other luxuries associated with power.

Orode and her father, former governor Uduaghan on her wedding day

Unknown to Ryan, Orode was hardly the bimbo he thought she was. Contrary to his dreams of using her as leverage to her father’s wealth, she rebuffed all his attempts to turn her to his meal ticket. The beautiful mother of two was allegedly too principled to be used like an ordinary bimbo. She reportedly counselled Ryan to work for his money stressing that she would rather they prospered by dint of hardwork than profit off her father’s affluence.

This surely didn’t go down well with Ryan as he saw his dreams of luxury and power disappeared into thin air. Eventually, he counted his losses and walked out of his marriage with the ex-governor’s daughter. Sources close to the family revealed that their marriage hit an iceberg soon after Orode bore Ryan their second child in January 2015.

Orode walked down the aisle with Ryan four years ago.

Orode and Ryan

Before Ryan, she dated former West African Idol’s contestant, Eric Arubayi, who was her longtime boyfriend. Even her parents had thought Eric would be the lucky man. But the roller coaster relationship ended sadly. No one could tell why they broke up since the younger Uduaghan’s parents took an instant liking to the light skinned handsome dude so much so that it was alleged in some quarters that the older Arubayi was made the Vice Chancellor of Delta State University, Abraka because of the young lads’ relationship, which both families had thought would end on a good note. Ryan is one of the sons of Raymond Okpu, an economist on the board of Intercontinental homes.