Onyeka Onwenu, ace musician asserted that any man who fails to provide for his kids and family risks incurring the wrath of God
By Kehinde Okeowo
Veteran singer, actress, and former broadcaster, Onyeka Onwenu who recently turned 70 has revealed that she battled depression at a point in her marriage.
The 70-year-old mother made the disclosure in an interview with media personality Kikilomo Atanda-Owo, while also opening up on why she ended her marriage.
According to Onyeka Onwenu, she wanted to continue in the marriage despite the challenges she faced but had to opt out when it became too toxic and life threatening.
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She also said the marriage was not good for her kids, as she had become depressed and was carrying the financial burden of the home alone.
She said: “I went through it, it was difficult because I really didn’t want my marriage to end but I couldn’t take it anymore, it would have killed me.
“I always say that 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.”
The Nollywood actress went on to say in the interview that she single handedly saw her kids through school and raised them all by herself.
She added that her ex-husband, though a nice and kind man, was a control freak, concluding that any man who abandons his family risks incurring the wrath of God.
“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 but he was a nice and kind and generous man and basically, there was control where if you didn’t do the things he wanted, ‘well I’m not going to help you, I’m not going to give you money and I would like to say this to Nigerians, any man who has children, has a family and decides not to take care of them, you’ll have to answer to God.” she concluded.