LAGOS — In an interview with media personality, Kikelomo Atanda-Owo on “Real Talk with Kike”, Nigerian music veteran, Onyeka Onwenu disclosed the many difficulties she dealt with in her failed marriage and how she raised her children alone.
According to the 70-year old music icon, she tried her best to make her marriage work until she could no longer manage the situation.
She 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.”
Onyeka, the mother of two, also revealed that she carried the weight of the whole family, as well as singlehandedly raised her children from kindergarten until they bagged their master’s degree.
“I raised my children from kindergarten to master’s 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,” she said.
Speaking about her ex-husband, she said, “But he was a nice, kind and generous man. He was also generous occasionally and he would do something for you that you would be wow.”
Though she doesn’t support divorce, Onyeka said if it must happen, it should be done peacefully.
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