Veteran singer and actress, Onyeka Onwenu, has revealed how she raised her two children all by herself without the support of her husband.
In an interview with media personality, Kikilomo Atanda-Owo, the actress said she left her husband because she was feeling trapped and depressed in the marriage.
She said she tried to endure it all but she came to her senses when it almost killed her.
Onyeka also revealed that all through their two children’s school and upkeep, the husband didn’t spend a dime on them because she was the one carrying the weight of the family.
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.
“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.”
