Eugene Arhin and Gloria Assan’s marriage has been dissolved today by an Accra High Court.
Eugene Arhin who is the Director of Communications at the Presidency faced a divorce scandal in February this year when his estranged wife, Gloria Assan, filed a case to end their marriage over claims of infidelity, abuse, deceit among others.
The couple has been married for about 8 years but according to the now ex-wife of Eugene Arhin, things changed in their marriage after her husband was appointed the Director of Communications at the Presidency.
In leaked divorce documents, Miss Assan alleged that “the respondent (Eugene Arhin) has committed and continues to commit adultery with one Chantel Kudjawu also known as Gertrude Gbajo” and other women.
However, the court said that Gloria Assan has failed to adduce evidence to validate her adultery claims against Eugene Arhin but the court presided by Justice Cecilia Don Chebe Agbeyey, granted the divorce wish of Gloria Assan.
Daily Guide News online reports that Justice Cecilia Don-Chebe Agbevey who presided over the hearing held that: “a person who makes an averment or assertion, which is denied by his opponent has the burden to establish that his averment or assertion is true.
The judge in cancelling the marriage detailed that people close to the estranged spouses made efforts to restore the marriage but all efforts failed and that the marriage has broken beyond repairs.
The ruling states that Gloria Assan will keep custody of their three children but Euguene will have the right to visit the children anytime subjected to the notice of not less than 2 hours to Gloria Assan.
The Communication Director at the Presidency has been ordered by the court to pay a sum of GHC100,000 to his now-ex-wife who has also won the rights to own a five-bedroom uncompleted house in the Kpone Katamanso district.
The court also ordered that Gloria Assan should be given three vehicles with registration numbers GE 4646-18, GE 7108-18 and GE 4646-19 as part of the divorce settlement.
According to the report “Eugene Arhin has also been granted permission to pick the children from school when they close on Fridays and return them to the school at 7:30 on Mondays or school going time,” and “in the event, he Eugene Arhin travels out of the country, he will notify his ex-wife of his absence and ask her to pick the children from school. Vacation periods for the school will be shared equally by both parties on a rotational basis“.
A monthly allowance of GHC6,000 will be shared 60% and 40% by Eugene Arhin and Glorian Assan respectively. Eugene Arhin as per the report is also obliged to foot the educational and medical care of the children.
