Kazim Adeoti, the husband of actress Mercy Aigbe, has explained why he chose not to publicly celebrate his first wife Funsho Adeoti's birthday on social media.

It's important to note that Funsho Adeoti recently had a big celebration in the US to mark her 50th birthday.

Netizens criticized Kazim Adeoti for being noticeably missing from the festivities and for failing to post birthday greetings on social media.

He clarified that Funsho Adeoti had explicitly asked that he not attend the festivities or remember her birthday in a statement posted on social media.

According to Kazim Adeoti, he did not want to attend the event and be embarrassed since Funsho had asked him not to attend.

He wrote, “This is to address the recent media comments surrounding Mrs Olufunsho Adeoti’s 50th birthday celebration which was held in the US last weekend.

For the avoidance of doubt, the celebrant spoke about her plan for her 50th birthday party and how she wished to celebrate it. She wanted a party but shockingly she specifically said I should not attend. I asked her again to be sure in the presence of our children and to everybody’s surprise her response was consistent-she said NO.

That was her wish and I would not want to be embarrassed by attending a party that the celebrant asked me not to attend, so I stayed back in Nigeria.

Regardless of how painful her position was to me, I ensured that I supported her morally and financially towards the success of the party. I also informed and ensured some of our families and friends in the USA honored her big day.

As I always do, I wish her a happy birthday offline and she acknowledged pleasantly.

Olufunsho remains a significant part of my life . I can never wish her anything other than what is beautiful in life because she is the proud mother of my four lovely children. That can never be undone intact it is the most important thing in my life.

I therefore will appeal to members of the public especially the social media, particularly the Facebook community to desist from making unfound and distorted comments about my family if you truly love and care about us.

The best way to support us is to let peace reign as social media is not real life.

Thank you, and God bless you, Kazim Adeoti.”