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Brown Ideye accused by ex-girlfriend of abandoning children in Ukraine

Yana Voloshchenko, the former girlfriend of Nigerian footballer Brown Ideye, shared how she feels deceived by him amid a paternity scandal.

Ideye, a former Super Eagles player, is accused of abandoning his children in Ukraine, where the ongoing war with Russia has made life difficult. Yana, who has two children with Ideye—a son named Joel, 11, and a daughter, Michelle, 9—claims that Ideye stopped paying child support in January 2022. She says her lawyers have been unable to contact him since then.

Yana in an interview with PULSE explained that despite being financially stable from her Ukrainian business, she is upset because Ideye is not honoring his responsibilities as a father. She insists that this is not about money, but about him keeping his promises and taking care of his children.

In the interview, Yana also clarifies that she and Ideye were never legally married, though they were in a relationship for several years. Their relationship ended in 2015, and since then, Yana claims Ideye has avoided responsibility. She says that when the war started in Ukraine, Ideye did not check on his children or offer help, which deeply hurt her.

She is also upset by reports where Ideye allegedly denied having children in Ukraine, calling them a money-grab. Yana says that she just wants him to honor his child support contract, which requires him to pay $7,000 monthly for their two children. She also stresses that if Ideye enters Ukraine or Europe, he could face legal consequences for not paying the alimony.

Yana says her children are struggling, and even sent messages to Ideye asking why he doesn’t speak to them, but he did not respond.

Meanwhile there are reports that Ideye has just signed for nine-time Nigerian champions Enyimba FC.

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