My Husband Always Beat Me Mercilessly – Nollywood Actress Chika Ike Finally Opens Up On Why She Left Her Marriage

Actress Chike Ike finally pens an open

letter to her fans, opening up about the

physical abuse she suffered in the

hands of the man she called her

husband for five years. Find her story

below;

The past three years has been a very

emotional period for me. I focused my

energy on work and to build back my self

esteem. its been really hard for me to

come out straight and talk about this

because sometimes I pinch myself to

wake up and not believe that I was a

victim of domestic violence.

I’ve been through a lot in my life, faced a

lot of challenges but this is one topic

I’ve tried so hard to avoid and have

been waiting for the right time but I

have come to a resolve that there’s

really no right time becauseevery

second of the day,lives are being lost

due to domestic violence. I was a victiim

of domestic violence in my marriage and

that was the singular reason I left my

marriage, aside other reasons.

Growing up as a girl. I was always known

as the sweetest kid on the block, before

I got married, I have been through some

relationships and for once no man had

ever laid a finger on me. The first time it

happened in my marriage I didn’t

understand it because I am not the type

of woman a man beats but I guess there

are no types. It just happens and no

woman deserves it.

As a young girl I thought it was love or

his way of expressing his

emotions,after every beating he

pleads , cries and says it won’t happen

again, once again I thought it was love

and made excuses for him. Over the

years whenit kept happening

consistently I started looking for other

definitions for it. I started loosing my

self pride,self esteem , self worth, and

most painfully i lost a pregnancy

(Miscarriage) I almost lost my life in the

process then I realisedhow serious and

abnormal it really was. I have heard and

read a lot of accusations from ignorant

people who don’t know my story,I guess

that’s why they are ignorant. I was

20yrs old and very naïve to the world

when I got married .“

They said I married for money“ LOL. I

was married to a corporate guy,who had

a 9_5 job in a bank, Lives in a rented 2

bedroom apartment at Egbe.. So do the

maths! . I married for love. I did a

traditional wedding. A white wedding

and a court wedding. So that’s how much

I wanted to be married forever. For five

years I hoped, prayed & wished that one

day it will all change. But the last straw

that broke the carmels back was during

a heated argument he threw a glass jug

to my face and I dogged it and it

shattered on d wall. I saw death flash

before me and I made a decision to save

my life. I left my marriage.

Am not saying this to draw pity from

anyone because we are entitled to our

opinions and believes. I am not also

saying this to discouragepeople from

falling in love because its a beautiful

feeling and I still believe in it. I am

saying this to educate, share and talk

about my experience as a victim of

domestic