Bestman and Bride caught in bed

Looking at Mr Evans Anokye, 32, a computer programmer of New Gbawe in Accra, performing his role as the 'Best man' during the wedding of Mr and Mrs Boakye, all one could say was that "he was perfect." No one had the slightest thought or suspicion, that he had an eye for the bride.

If one had predicted that he would break up his friend's marriage before the first anniversary, that person would have been branded a confusionist and a lair.

The P & P writes however, that presently, Mr Francis Boakye, 35, is faced with the painful ordeal of going through a divorce suit he has instituted at an Accra Community Tribunal against his unfaithful wife.

Boakye has also filed a legal suit against Evans Anokye for unlawfully sleeping with his wedded wife in their matrimonial home, at the same court.

In his statement of claim, Boakye is praying the court to award ?15 million as costs against Anokye.

According to him, as a result of injuries that Anokye inflicted on his head during a scuffle between them resulting in the weakening of his left eye and subsequent deterioration of his eyesight, he had to undergo a surgical operation.

P &7 P investigations revealed that about 18 months ago, Boakye's wedded wife, then Miss Freda Morrison, a 26 year old nurse resident at Busia junction near Odorkor in Accra, agreed to Boakye's marriage proposals.

A few months later, she introduced him to her parents, after which they were joined in holy matrimony at the Registrar General's department on December 16, 2000.

Soon after the wedding, Freda started exhibiting certain characteristics unbecoming of a newly married woman. In her uncompromising stance, the more her husband complained, the more she went on with her undesirable traits.

Thinking that Anokye was his childhood friend and bestman at his wedding, Boakye confided in him, and asked him to help resolve the impasse between him and his wife.

Therefore, whenever Boakye saw them together, his hopes soared, as he felt Anokye was performing his duty as a friend, to ease and resolve the tension in his marriage.

Boakye however, had the greatest shock of his life, when he returned from town on March 3, 2001, to catch his friend Anokye and his wife Freda, in a sexually compromising position in his own matrimonial bed.