MTN almost fired me over allegation of wife beating, says Frank Edoho
Ace presenter of the then TV programme ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire‘ sponsored by MTN, Frank Edoho, has denied the allegation of domestic violence against his wife during a podcast hosted by Chude Jideonwo.
According to a snippet of the podcast to be aired on Monday, Edoho said he was summoned by top executives of MTN to answer the allegation of domestic violence. He revealed that the interview was just a formality as the panel had decided his fate, waiting only for him to talk before handing him his sack letter.
He said: “I was in the UK when my boss called me that the sponsors (of Who Wants to be a Millionaire) are hearing things about domestic violence and they don’t want you to present the show again.”
MTN was the sponsor of the show which was one of the biggest TV programmes on air.
He said the sponsor fixed a meeting for the next day and even his explanation that there was no available flight was not accepted.
He said he managed to get a flight and once at the meeting, the women on the panel were unfriendly. But when he narrated the whole experience he endured in the marriage, the women on the panel started shedding tears.
Edoho was married to Katherine, a former staff of the NTA. They both part ways in 2011 after seven years of marriage with three children.
Katherineis a Cameroonian-Nigerian actress, on-air personality and TV presenter. Initially, she worked as a television presenter for NTA on AM Express and also with Nigeria Info 99.3FM. She subsequently started acting and starred in Nollywood movies and TV series.
She featured in the 2017 movie, The Women and won the 2017 Best of Nollywood Awards for the Best Supporting Actress alongside Kate Henshaw and Omoni Oboli.