My ex-wife made me lose properties worth millions and access to my kids – Emeka Ike narrates

Nollywood veteran actor Emeka Ike has shared the story of how his estranged wife Suzanne Emma’s accusations led to the loss of his properties and denied him access to his children.

In 2017, a Lagos Island Customary Court dissolved the marriage between Emeka Ike and Suzanne Emma due to repeated instances of battery. Emma had initiated the divorce proceedings on July 13, 2015, seeking to end their 14-year union.

The marriage resulted in four children, and during an appearance on the Channels Television program “Rubbin’ Minds” hosted by Hero Daniels, the actor revealed that the assault allegations made by his ex-wife resulted in the loss of properties valued at millions of naira. He explained that he chose not to publicly address the domestic violence accusations at the time because the individuals criticizing him were primarily on social media.

Ike said, “I didn’t come on the internet space to clarify the allegations against me because it’s difficult to clarify because the same people that were bullying me on the internet, they were still there. They are gonna say, ‘Don’t mind him. He is still missing her. Move on.’

“And if you’re not prepared to handle it, you will be crushed. My secondary school, St. Nicholas College, on CMD road, Magodo, was shut down. Over N480 million investment that year was shut down. And all I heard was constant battery. I was like, ‘I don’t beat this lady. What’s going on? Babe, what’s going on? They said I beat you, do I?’

“And she [my ex-wife] said, ‘No. But you’re a star, you know, they can always manipulate things and all that.’ So, I was gullible until I discovered that she was actually the one behind all this whole thing. Some ladies are too desperate for marriage legally. And she actually told me one time that I am not the marriage type. And I didn’t understand it. So, the young men need to know that there are plenty ladies that are not the marriage type lately.”

“She [my ex-wife] went to divorce herself. She said, ‘Judge, please, divorce me, I want to go.’ I said, ‘Kilode? Where are you going?’ I was on my knees. Felix Duke was on his knees. My sisters were on their knees in court. Even the people that came with my ex-wife to court were on their knees. They said, ‘Are you okay? What’s wrong with you?’ We didn’t understand what was going on in her psychology,” he recalled.

Ike said he believed his ex-wife was blackmailed by some “gunmen” she was involved with into divorcing him.