Meet Judy Austin, The Lady Threatening Yul Edochies' 17-Year Old Marriage
The alleged fraudulent lifestyle of popular socialite, Babatunde Olaogun, has finally caught up with him. Olaogun, who is the boss of Royalty Lounge, Ikeja, is presently cooling his heels in police net after being arrested by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigeria Police.
Olaogun was arrested for defrauding a lady, Chidinma
Vivan Okwenna, of the sum of N3.5million. He met Okwenna through the social media. They exchanged contacts and became friends. Olaogun claimed to be
The social media was agog about two weeks ago when Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, announced his second marriage to Judith Muoghalu, professionally known as Judy Austin.
Since the announcement, many have been eager to know the woman troubling the actor's 17 year marriage to his first wife, May Edochie. Judy Austin is also an actress and a younger colleague of Yul Edochie. She gave acting a shot after meeting Sylvester Madu, who is a model and movie producer in 2013. Madu gave her the first role in his film, which he was directing in Asaba, Delta State. She was auditioned by the producer after he convinced her that she could act. She has since featured in several movies.
Judy is also a budding singer and businesswoman. She owns a boutique in Enugu State. The Anambra State-born actress has two children, a boy and a girl from her previous marriage which broke down irreparably a few years ago. Judy met Yul around 2015 while on location. They became close and started working together. They both a seriousminded businessman as he continued with his friendship with Okwenna. A few months after meeting her, Olaogun requested mint currency notes to the tune of N5million from
Okwenna, claiming that his boss needed it for a high profile function. The two met at one of the branches of First bank in Abuja where she rallied round and was able to get him the sum of N3.5 million. He then generated a fake alert from his Zenith bank account, which he showed to her and hurriedly left the bank saying he was going to attend a meeting. Later, he blocked Okwenna on all social media platforms. He blocked her mobile phone number, too. After Okwenna tried in vain to contact him, she reported to the police and they started a manhunt for the fraudster. By then, Olaogun had taken off from Abuja to Lokoja where he went to hide before he was eventually caught and featured in an advert for a perfume brand in 2017. The following year, Judy shot her first movie,
which was practically sponsored by Yul who directed the movie. She even visited Yul's father though as a friend and business partner while they were shooting her first movie. The movie brought them closer and they started dating but it was kept secret from Yul's first wife, May. Yul performed some traditional marriage rites in Umuoji in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State when Judy became pregnant. Yul's attention became divided but his focus was more on Judy and her children, being the new wife. In 2021, Judy welcomed her first son, Star Dike Munachimso Edochie. It was the fear of getting exposed that forced Yul to announce that he had a second wife who had welcomed a son for him. His announcement was greeted with criticism while his first wife, May left arrested. It was gathered that the socialite had used the money to transact business after leaving his victim and he only had N24, 000 in his Zenith bank account.
This is not the first time that Olaogun would be sending fake alerts to his victims. In fact, he is an expert in generating fake bank alerts. In 2018, he generated a fake alert for Kevin Otenuga, a dealer in laptop computers. He purchased goods worth N4.6million from him and took to his heels. Fortunately for Otenuga, Olaogun was apprehended and most of the goods were recovered and he was thrown in detention for some months.
When the going was good for the embattled businessman, he aspired to contest for an elective position in the Lagos House of Representatives under the Ifako /Ijaye Federal Constituency in 2015, but had to step down due to financial reasons. Then, he was warming up to open his hospitality business, Royalty Lounge, Ikeja in 2016 and was spending most of his resources on the lounge. In 2019, he vied for a seat in the Oyo State House of Assembly, representing Ogbomosho North Constituency under the platform of the All Progressive Congress, but he did not win. It was gathered that Olaogun's flamboyant lifestyle and the pressure to maintain his status in the social circle pushed him into fraud. His chain of businesses weren't given the desired financial standing that could foot his celebrity status. the two to God for judgment. She also unfollowed her husband on Instagram. While the actor's famous father is yet to utter a word about his last son's action, Yul's brothers have publicly washed their hands off his current status.