{"id":1272016,"date":"2022-12-31T08:58:28","date_gmt":"2022-12-31T08:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/31\/bedridden-asuma-bandas-first-wife-files-for-divorce-demands-60-share-of-husbands-properties\/"},"modified":"2022-12-31T08:58:28","modified_gmt":"2022-12-31T08:58:28","slug":"bedridden-asuma-bandas-first-wife-files-for-divorce-demands-60-share-of-husbands-properties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/12\/31\/bedridden-asuma-bandas-first-wife-files-for-divorce-demands-60-share-of-husbands-properties\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Bedridden\u2019 Asuma Banda&#8217;s first wife files for divorce, demands 60% share of husband\u2019s properties \u00bb \u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_33\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Cassandra Banda, the first wife of business billionaire Alhaji Asuma Banda has allegedly filed for divorce after close to five decades of their relationship.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A report by mynewsgh.com reported court records in which Mrs. Banda is seeking the annulment of their marriage with a settlement.<\/p>\n<p>She contends in the court filings that she should be granted 60% of Banda\u2019s inheritance noting the role she played in assisting the now-ailing billionaire from his early days when they met in London.<\/p>\n<p>Cassandra met and married the then 41-year-old Asuma Banda in London in 1974 but she argues that the marriage \u201chas now reached a stage of irreconcilable differences following years of alleged philandering by her husband which she mostly disregarded,\u201d the Mynewsgh.com article added.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>READ ALSO:\u00a0Intervene and give ailing Alhaji Asuma Banda to his family, the wives are making matters worse \u00a0\u2013 Sisters of \u00a0Asuma Banda\u00a0Chief Imam, beg Akufo Addo and Mahama<\/p>\n<p>Alhaji Asuma Banda has lately been in the headlines after viral recordings of a custody struggle surrounding his bedside at the 37 Military Hospital were posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">&#8211;  &#8211;<\/span><br \/>\n<!-- ResponsiveAll --><\/p>\n<p>His two sisters subsequently petitioned to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, former president John Mahama and the National Chief Imam to intercede in the custody concerns.<\/p>\n<p>A court has handed custody and care of Banda to his second wife Edwina Baaba Coussey Banda who he married in 1991.<\/p>\n<p>The one-time Anktrak Air CEO turned 89 this year and will clock 90 years by next year June.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><noscript><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"wf4A35ayAg8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sisters of sick Alhaji Asuma Banda begs Prez, Chief Imam and Mahama\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wf4A35ayAg8?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211; &#8211; Cassandra Banda, the first wife of business billionaire Alhaji Asuma Banda has allegedly filed for divorce after close to five decades of their relationship. A report by mynewsgh.com reported court records in which Mrs. Banda is seeking the annulment of their marriage with a settlement. 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