Chris Attoh's wife shot dead

The wife of Ghanaian actor Chris Attoh has been shot dead while leaving her office in Maryland in the United States of America.

She was shot in the head by the gunman on Friday evening around 5pm and was pronounced dead when police arrived at the scene of the crime.

Bettie Jenifer, according to the report left the office in the 6300 block of Ivy Lane and was walking to her car when a man armed with a handgun approached her.

When she tried to run away, the man followed her and fired at her multiple times, with at least one shot hitting her.

The gunman then fled in a vehicle and is still wanted by the Maryland Police.

Police described the suspect as “a black male with a think build and black hair, wearing a dark shirt and pants.”

Chris Attoh and Bettie Jenifer married at a ceremony in Accra October 2018. This was shortly after divorcing his first wife, Nigerian actor DamiloIa Adegbite, with whom he has a son.

Last week, Chris Attoh sparked speculation on social media that all was not well with his second marriage after he deleted all of Bettie’s pictures from his social media pages.

It was alleged that they had broken up but neither of the two has publicly confirmed or denied the story.

NIGERIA BEATS GHANA TO QUALIFY FOR AYC FINAL

The flying eagles of Nigeria smiled all the way to the bank on wednesday evening when they beat Ghana's Black Satellites by 2 - 0 to be the first nation to qualify for the finals of the African Youth Championship. 

Ghana dominated the early exchanges of the game but Nigeria’s Obinna Nwabodo opened the scoring in the 20^th minute through a header which came off the side post and then the back of goalkeeper Michael Sai before entering the net.

Ahmed Musah consoles K. Yeboah

The flying eagles dashed any hopes of a comeback for the Satellites when a clumsy tackle at the edge of the box from Patrick Asmah, earned Nigeria a penalty on the 80^th minute. Captain of the flying eagles Musah Mohammed converted to seal qualification for the Nigerians.

Nigeria will face the winner of Thursday’s semifinal clash  between Mali and Senegal on Sunday whiles the Satellites play the loser of the clash for 3^rd place on Saturday.

MUTAWAKILU SEIDU NEEDS TO BUCK UP - IBRAHIM SUNDAY

Former Black Stars player and coach Ibrahim Sunday has urged Satellites goalie Mutawakilu Seidu to buck up ahead of Ghana's crucial semifinal AYC clash against the flying eagles of Nigeria on Wednesday. 

Mutawakilu Seidu in action for Satellites

Mutawakilu has come under fire in recent times for his under par performances for both club and especially for the U 20 team in the African Youth Championship.

Many claimed he was largely responsible for all the goals the team has conceded in the tournament so far and have urged Sellas Tetteh to drop him.

But the ex-Ghana great believes he has the physique to hit his peak but just needs more technique to become a world class goalkeeper in the near future. He then added that the U 20 goalie must work really hard if he wants to get to the level of goalkeeping greats.

MALIK JABIR IS JUST BITTER - IBRAHIM SUNDAY

Former African player of the year Ibrahim Sunday has hit back at compatriot Malik Jabir, describing him as a 'bitter man'. 

This comes after Malik Jabir launched a scathing attack on ex national star and executive of the Old Footballers Association of Ghana Rev. Osei Kofi as being greedy.

Ibrahim Sunday - Right and Malik Jabir left

Malik Jabir claimed in an interview with Oman fm that he was sidelined in the payment of monies to retired footballers who won the Africa Cup of Nations title for the West African country.

But coach Sunday who described Malik Jabir as his brother explained to TV Africa sports desk that the U 23 team coach was not part of the AFCON winning teams which were rewarded by president Mahama and apart from that, the fund given them by Kuffour was to cater for the needs of the ex-players who were handicapped in one way or the other or without any handy work.  

Rev Osei Kofi led the campaign for ex-players to be rewarded for their selfless service to the nation, leading to the government paying GH¢ 1.7m in fulfillment of a pledge made by Ghana president John Dramani Mahama in the run up to the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.
Ibrahim Sunday added that the executives of the retired footballers are doing everything to create a fund for every Ghanaian footballer who retires to prevent these footballers from dying in a shameful manner.
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“We marry footballers because of love not money”. That was what could be deduced from her interview. Lawrencia Thompson, ex-wife of retired Ghana winger Emmanuel Duah, rubbished suggestions that ladies get married to footballers because of their money and not true love. But is that really the case?

The history of footballers and their principal headache of stirring divorce in the face after few years or possibly months of tying the nut with a supposed life partner is not a new thing. If damaging your image in a scandal is considered big, wait till you face the complexity of coming up against divorce as a public figure. Not only will you have to deal with image damage, but also facing the prospect of losing a fortune.

Footballers are not the only ones who have to sweat through this. Movie stars, politicians, Musicians, presenters and other sports men just to mention a few suffer the same fate. A lay person will ask the simple but very complex question, why? Does it mean that you can’t find a trust worthy partner around as a star? Do prospective partners harbor ulterior motives before getting into relationships with stars? These are all questions which will keep on lingering as far as brains cannot be opened. But at least there are so many evidences that prove that partners are in for the “cash” and prestige, and not necessarily love.

Pick up a phone and call former Black stars captain and defender John Mensah if you can. Ask him to give you a break down of why you should not as a star, gamble when selecting a life partner and he’ll give you a thousand. John Pantsil, Odartey Lamptey, Ishmael Addo all in one way or the other have their faces buried in this mess.

The so called wives of these football stars give similar reasons for their decisions but you might get to realize it’s not entirely the case.

According to the Daily Guide news paper, reports on the case of John Mensah suggested that it was Henrietta (his wife) who filed the divorce petition with an excuse that John had become an irresponsible father who was refusing to cater for the needs of his children.  In the same report Henrietta also accused John of infidelity in the divorce petition. 
JOHN MENSAH AND HENRIETTA IMAGE

Therefore court orders demanded that John Mensah sells his plush Trassaco valley estate and some other properties just to compensate his wife according to Ghanasoccernet.com.

In another report from peacefmonline.com, Richlove (Paintsil’s wife) was seeking divorce after accusing the former Fulham player of infidelity and neglecting his responsibility with regard to the family’s upkeep, a similar claim as John Mensah’s case.

In a similar event, a report on Ghanasoccernet.com indicated that Ghana player Arthur Moses has reportedly been ordered to sell off four of his houses to compensate his former wife.

Whiles Nii Ordartey Lamptey seemingly faced problems of infidelity from his wife after discovering that their supposed children are not his.

Need I say more? It’s very evident here that, women are giving our Ghanaian footballers some hell to smell. And even though it’s quite difficult to know the mindset behind every woman’s involvement with a football star, a toddler will even tell you that a rich man has more friends than a poor man.

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