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Onyeka Onwenu explains why she separated from her husband.
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Onyeka Onwenu explains why she left her marriage.
Music legend, Onyeka Onwenu has spoken out about the many challenges she faced during her unfortunate marriage.
The 70-year-old actress/Singer chatted with media personality Kikelomo Atanda-Owo on “Real Talk with Kike” about how she worked so hard to ensure her marriage didn’t fail until she realized she could die if she stayed in it.
She went on to say that she didn’t want her marriage to end, but that she couldn’t stand it any longer since it was about to kill her if she didn’t leave.
Onwenu said: “I went through it. It was difficult because I really didn’t want my marriage to end but I could not take it anymore. It would have killed me. I always say and that is the truth.
“And it was not good for the children to live in that kind of environment where the mother is depressed, the mother is carrying the weight of the whole family.
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“I raised my children from kindergarten to Masters Degree.
“My husband didn’t pay school fees for one day, didn’t buy clothes, didn’t pay for holidays, didn’t give me housekeeping money, hard to believe.
The music icon said men will have to answer to God if they neglect their families.
“That’s mean, irresponsible, wicked, even to your own children? Forget about the wife, the children.
“And I decided to write about it because women, we keep quiet for too long. We take so much and you’re dying.
“And once I opened up, I felt this relief that a lot of women who read it would say, thank you for talking about this. ‘We know now that we ought to free ourselves.”
Though she said she doesn’t support divorce, Onwenu said if it must happen, it should be done peacefully.