A Nigerian woman identified as Chinonso Onuoha has spoken out about the painful experiences she says she endured throughout her marriage.
Through a series of posts on Facebook, Chinonso described suffering what she called domestic vi#lence, infidelity, and both emotional and psychological abuse at the hands of her former husband.
In one post published on Friday, February 27, she recounted an incident in which her ex-husband allegedly att@cked her after she asked him to intervene with a woman she believed he was romantically involved with.
According to Chinonso, the woman had repeatedly contacted her with the apparent intent to intimidate and mock her — and when she raised the issue with her husband, the confrontation allegedly turned physical.
“It was a Sunday afternoon and my son was very sick. We were new in Spain, and I could barely speak Spanish,” she wrote.My ex-husband wasn’t home, so I called him to come and accompany us to the health center, but he said he couldn’t.It sounded like he was answering from a toilet. I tried persuading him, but he refused.I translated my son’s symptoms from English to Spanish and went to the health center alone. The doctor examined him and prescribed medication.Because it was Sunday in a very small town, all the pharmacies were closed except one. This was before Google Maps, so I needed his help to find the pharmacy.I called him again to come help me find the pharmacy,but he refused.He told me to call a friend. I told him no because I always bothered that woman. He suggested I take a taxi, and I asked him what he was doing that was so important that he couldn’t come. He still refused.So I asked strangers for directions, found the pharmacy, and bought the medicine.Later, I got a call from a number I recognized. It was his side chick. I picked up, and she immediately went off on me.She said my ex-husband loved her more. She said he would leave me for her. She called me a frustrated woman. I was shocked. It was the fourth time she had called to harass me.I told her, I didn’t care about what they were doing. If he wanted her, he should stay with her. I told her not to call me again.I was furious. I called my ex-husband and told him to come home. I realized she had called me because she was upset that he had left her when I insisted he come home earlier.When he came home, I told him his side chick had just called me and that she must have gotten my number from his phone because only three or four people had my number. I asked him to tell her not to call me again.He called her in front of me, acting dramatic and all performative, but I knew it was fake. I told him, ‘Whatever that was, I don’t care. Just make sure this never happens again’That was when he exploded. He beat me. He swore. He insulted me.He hit his hand on the ground, saying, ‘Truth to God, if I don’t marry this woman, let me die.’I asked him why he didn’t’marry her? After all, they were living together before he came home and married me.He beat me so badly that day. And something changed in me.From that day on, even if I caught him on top of another woman, I did not say a word. More stories loading
