Eugene Arhin reacts to "viral" divorce suit

Communications Director at the Presidency, Eugene Arhin, has finally reacted to a lawsuit filed against him by his wife that went viral on social media.

He said divorce petition was deliberately leaked on social media although he has not yet been served with the court processes.

In a statement shared on Facebook, Mr Arhin said his lawyers will respond to the divorce petition when he is served but maintained that he will not engage in any public banter on the matter because of his children and the dignity of his wife, Mrs Gloria Assan Arhin.

Mr. Arhin has come under the spotlight after his wife, Gloria Assan Arhin, filed a divorce suit at the Matrimonial Division of the Accra High Court.

His wife is accusing him of adultery and assaulting her “both physically and verbally at the slightest opportunity for over a year now.”

Mrs Arhin, therefore, wants the court to grant her custody of their three children, as well as some properties that the couple acquired while together.

Among the assets she is demanding are a 5-bedroom house at East Legon, 8-apartment house at Bubiashie, 8-apartment house at Tuba-Weija, two cars and a sum of GHc2,000,000.

However reacting to some of the claims made in the viral petition against him for among others, Mr Arhin said he will "deal with them in the Court of Law".