Where is Rita Emerhor?
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.
She is the wife of Olorogun O’tega Emerhor the founder of Standard Alliance Group made up of SA Insurance Plc, SA Life Assurance Limited, SA Capital and Asset Management Limited, SA Properties Limited and Lagoon Home Savings and Loans Limited. Olorogun O’tega was at some point the Chairman of First Atlantic Bank and later, the Vice-Chairman of First Inland Bank later renamed Finbank Plc. Just as he made great strides in the banking and insurance industry, so did he also bestride the social scene with his wife, Rita, always by his side. They attended high-profile parties together and always graced the covers of magazines and newspapers. Not even Olorogun Emerhor’s alleged indiscretion could separate Rita from the love she had for her husband. To reciprocate her love, in 2014, Olorogun Emerhor showered her with some of the best things that money can buy and on her 50th birthday in 2014, threw her a lavish party and presented a luxury car to her as birthday gift. That was her last known public outing. While her husband got busy running his numerous businesses, getting entangled with the politics of Delta State and making unsuccessful attempts to become governor, nothing has been heard of Rita.
As far as social watchers are concerned, Rita is done with the glitz and glamour of the social scene. An graduate of Economics from the University of Manchester, UK, Rita also has a Master’s Degree in Leisure and Hospitality Management from the University of Sheffield, UK. She is the Group Executive Director, Standard Alliance Group and the CEO, Heroes Furniture Ltd, which is into interior decoration, home and office furnishing. She also runs Heroes Property Limited, the real estate arm of Heroes Group. Together, she and her husband run Fair Life Africa Foundation, through which they impact society.