Nigeria, June 9 -- Peggy Ovire, the estranged wife of actor Freddie Leonard, has publicly accused him of delaying their ongoing divorce proceedings and made allegations about circumstances she claims contributed to the breakdown of their marriage.

The actress made the claims in a series of posts shared on her Instagram Story on Tuesday.

According to Ovire, Leonard was the one who initially sought the dissolution of their marriage.

In one of the posts, she urged the actor to attend a scheduled customary court sitting, alleging that he failed to appear after being served court documents.

"Please don't avoid coming to the customary court on 23 June for the second time. You said you wanted a divorce, yet you didn't show up when you were s...