April 25, (THEWILL) – Just as he was conveniently AWOL on his first daughter, Tsola’s 16th birthday on May 30th 2021, Reno Omokri, who claims to be an advocate of raising a well-rounded and healthy family, once again completely ignored his daughter’s promenade dance which took place about two weeks ago. A promenade dance, otherwise known as prom, is a ball or formal dance at a school or college, especially one held at the end of the academic year for students who are in their final year.
For teenage girls, proms, like birthdays, are regarded as the most important events of their school life. For many, it is considered to be a lifetime opportunity. Any teenage girl who inadvertently misses out on prom grows up craving for that experience. Some end up either re-enacting proms or attending it as adults.
To make the day memorable for her daughter, Tuokpe (Reno’s estranged wife) dressed Tsola in appropriate clothes, accompanied her to the dance and celebrated her on social media. Reno couldn’t be bothered as he was and still is more focused on his second family in London – Hanna, an Ethiopian he refers to as his wife and their daughter, Ebele, whom he named after former President Goodluck Jonathan.
It would be recalled that Reno abandoned Tuokpe, his legally married wife and their three children who live in the United States for Hanna and her daughter. He simply did not acknowledge the special day in Tsola’s life. This is odd for a man who used to celebrate his children on social media and randomly posted their pictures before he abandoned them. Whatever his issues with his estranged wife maybe, rather than solve it amicably, his children have always borne the brunt of it, particularly Tsola who has had to suffer for her father’s indiscretion. But, like a man who is hell bent on tarnishing the marriage institution, Reno does not seem to care about the consequences of his actions.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
