Iyabo Ojo opens up about including ex-husband in daughter's wedding
Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo has revealed why she invited her ex-husband, Ademidun Ojo, to walk their daughter Priscilla down the aisle at her wedding to Tanzanian singer Juma Jux. Speaking on The Morayo Show with host Morayo Afolabi-Brown, the actress said the decision was a deliberate choice to break a generational cycle and put her daughter's happiness first.
The Lagos traditional ceremony took place in April 2025, more than two decades after the couple's marriage ended in 2001. Iyabo and Ademidun appeared in matching outfits and sat side by side, a moment that went viral. Iyabo married Ademidun in 1999 at age 21, and the marriage produced two children: son Festus and daughter Priscilla, before divorcing barely two years later.
Breaking ancestral curses and generational patterns
Iyabo explained that her decision was rooted in a desire to break what she called a generational pattern. "There's something called ancestral curses. And we Africans believe it. Christians also. And I believe that if you do not want something to continue, you have to be able to break it," she said. She emphasized that every mistake her parents made, and that she made, her children would not repeat.
For over two decades, Ademidun remained largely absent from public view. His absence from Priscilla's Islamic wedding in Tanzania in February 2025 sparked questions online about whether he would appear at the Lagos ceremony. When he did, dancing beside Iyabo in matching attire, the internet reacted with surprise.
Putting aside personal feelings for her daughter
Iyabo was direct about the limits of her personal feelings in the decision. "I had to put aside what I felt, my differences, and clear her path. That's why I said I have paid the price for her to succeed, for her to be happy in her marriage," she said. She stressed that her differences with her ex-husband should never affect their relationship with their daughter.
"Her father is not dead. He's alive. So why can't he be there? He didn't wrong her. Me and him fell out. That has nothing to do with her. I made the choice to marry him. So whatever is going on between me and him is between me and him. It shouldn't extend to my children," she said.
Priscilla and Juma Jux welcome first child
Priscilla and Juma Jux have since welcomed their first child, a son named Rakeem Ayomide Mkambala, born in Canada in August 2025. Iyabo's decision to include her ex-husband in the wedding has been widely discussed, with many praising her for prioritizing her daughter's happiness over personal grievances.
