Popular Nollywood actresss, Mercy Aigbe’s estranged husband Lanre Gentry has disclosed his intention of leasing out his hotel for isolation center as part of his contribution to the fight and curbing of the deadly coronavirus. Lanre who complained and lamented about the stagnancy of businesses, which has affected the economy globally due to the global disease of Cornavirus, has opened up that it is also affecting his businesses as he’s at home just like every other person.. In his words, reacting to the issue, he said;
“My hotel might be offered (to the government) as an isolation centre in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.olation centre”
“My business has stopped for the past eight weeks. We are not doing anything. During the lockdown, I spent over N5m. I gave palliatives to vulnerable people. I don’t need to make a noise about what I’ve done. I deliberately didn’t post anything about it on social media but all the people in my house know that I gave out those things. Though my business is not functioning well, (but) I’m thankful for the gift of life. I am also thinking of giving the Lagos State Government my hotel to be used as an is. It’s still a thought but my board of directors has started deliberating on it,” he said.
Nevertheless, on talks about about his relationship status with the mother of his kids..Responding, Lanre simply posit that he is yet to remarry and Mercy is still a part of his life.
Recall that sometime in 2017, the marriage had hit the rock when Mercy Aigbe made a shocking revelation that the once presumed happy marriage has been all very violent as she alleged that Lanre Gentry, the husband, was a man beater and has always abused her. The actress who posted picture of a fresh beaten swollen face and a video had gotten many women talking about the domestic voilence going on in their homes..though Lanre had called the drama as at then a movie and denied the accusation.
However the business mogul who had more to say about his relationship with estrange wife, in his own words said;
“Me and Mercy are not fighting. If I want to see her, I would call her and if she needs anything, she also calls me. We have a good rapport. God has the final say over our relationship and He knows how it would turn out in the future. I take care of my children. I can’t speak for other fathers but I carry out my responsibilities as a man. I still see Mercy as a part of me. It’s only a mentally unstable man that would leave a woman with children to go and fend for herself. I pay my children’s school fees diligently and I thank God that their mother is also taking good care of them. It’s not easy for a woman to work and also take care of the children.”
