Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike has in a recent chat revealed that he cried his eyes out everyday after his wife, Suzanne Emma left him.
The actor who had some weeks ago revealed that some persons were trying to blackmail her stated that he finds it difficult to comprehend that he is no longer married to his woman.
Recall that the couple split earlier in the year after their 14 years of marriage as Emma dissolved the marriage at a Lagos Customary Court over alleged battery and assault.
Following the divorce which was initiated by Emma on July 13, the actor in a recent chat revealed that it was painful for him to watch the mother of his four children walk out of his home and life.
Emeka Ike also revealed that he believes his wife was used as a tool by people who want him dead.
Read excerpts of the interview with Vanguard below:
You took a long break from acting, what happened?
I tried to restructure the man, Emeka Ike. Emeka Ike is a leader and as a leader, you need to appraise and reappraise your empire and achievements. So, I have been appraising my constituency and I am happy that we are moving forward.
At a point, you relocated to Abuja from Lagos. What actually prompted your decision to move to Abuja?
I felt that my life was seriously threatened in Lagos. I have said it before that I am going to arrest some people very soon. In fact, some people took advantage of the AGN crisis to threaten my life and all that will be sorted out very soon by the police.
I relocated to Abuja to avoid a situation where I would be walking on the streets of Lagos and a criminal would gun me down. I used my discretion to stay away while I watched from afar what was happening in Lagos.
That was why that woman (his ex wife) is no longer living with me. God knows I am not a wife beater. I didn’t touch her and my children testified to that in court. I don’t know what came over her and who used her to blackmail me. But all that will be unravelled soon.
Are you saying that you never raised your hands on your ex wife?
Have you watched that one movie, where the wife was saying “everything is alright between me and my husband. He takes care of me and provides all my needs”. That was the situation between my wife and I.
If I didn’t know I would have blamed her sudden change of character on my enemies. I love her so much. Why would she blackmail me by claiming that I was always beating her up when I didn’t.
To avoid the disturbing mess, I had to abandon my businesses and house in Lagos and find a new life in Abuja.
Does it mean you were not prepared for the divorce?
I wasn’t. I don’t even believe we are divorced and I cannot remarry again. I am a real Christian and Christians don’t divorce. I told the court that I’m not divorcing my wife but they went ahead and got an injunction against a High Court order.
Why was she trying to walk out of her marriage? Who was advising her to divorce me? I must see to the end of this matter because they have put my children out there without a mother. She’s in pain wherever she is right now because I know they are dealing with her.
I learnt that she was beaten black and blue by one wife snatcher sometime ago, beside Mobil Petrol Station on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. My own wife beaten up like a common criminal! I want to know what has gone wrong with my wife, I want to know the devil that is behind this.
What is the extent of blackmail that brought her to this degrading level?
The Inspector General of Police will be investigating into the matter very soon. While doing this, I have to stay away from Lagos because they could be after me.
You accused Pastor Chris Okotie of Household of God Church International Ministries of being the brain behind your marital crisis. How did he come into the picture?
The guy who is confusing my wife attends his church. He’s one of the elders of the church. It’s a church arrangement.
When there is crisis in the family, a true man of God should invite both husband and wife with the aim of resolving their differences but Chris Okotie refused to pick my calls.
Whenever I called him on the telephone, he usually avoided my calls. As a man of God, he was supposed to use his position to save our marriage. I didn’t chase my wife out of my house, I wanted Chris Okotie to advise her to return to her husband but he refused to pick my calls.
He did not bother to find out what went wrong between us. While I am still alive, my wife was demanding that I should ‘will’ part of my property to her. She shut down a school I spent millions of naira to establish.
Who was telling her to make such a demand? Where is she taking the property to? What happens to our children who will inherit my property? She was insisting on getting her own share of my property.
At that point, I had to leave Lagos for Abuja because some people were strongly behind her and my life was no longer safe. But I’m coming back to Lagos soon. My house and property are still in Lagos. Nothing is hidden under the earth that cannot be unearthed someday.
She blackmailed me for what I am not. You will feel sorry for a man whose wife was blackmailed to blackmail the entire family.
Despite the pain she has caused you, you still declare your undying love for her?
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