BEVERLY HILLS, February 21, (THEWILL) – Popular Nollywood actress, Mide Martins, has debunked insinuations that she abandoned her brother, Damilare, and requested for his custody as she had always wanted.
She recently came under scathing criticism for supposedly being uncaring of Damilare, the product of a romance between their mother and ace Juju musician, Sir Shina Peters.
Reacting, the movie star took to her Instagram account to share a picture of her late mother and to refute the claim.
She posted: “Hello Everyone! My name is MIDE MARTINS. I’ll like to tell a little part of my own side of the story. Firstly, I want to say thank you to everyone who has contributed greatly to the ongoing issue and also apologize sincerely to everyone that I might have hurt or disappointed in any way; I am deeply sorry from the depth of my heart.”
According to her, the reason why she had been silent concerning the issue was because she believed that the issue was a family affair.
Martins said: “Anyone who knows me very well would know that I am a private person; I personally do not really like sharing or celebrating on social media some things relating to my family, like the annual remembrance ceremony of my late mother, Funmi Martins, which I duly observe every year in honour of her memory.
“When my mum, late Funmi Martins, passed away 19 years ago, my whole world was shattered, devastated, crumbled, broken and lonely without anyone’s support. How I managed to survive through the storm is only by the special grace of God.”
According to the actress, she had tried many times to take custody of her younger brother but she failed.
She said: “Damilare was living with my grandma back then in Abeokuta and I was doing all that I could to take care of him, until a few years ago when she also passed on and Damilare was taken away to live with my uncle.
“I had requested custody of Damilare several times, even before grandma died, but was denied. Damilare is my blood brother; it is not possible for me to neglect him, but there’s much more to this story than you all know which I’m sorry I will not go into details about because it’s a family matter.
“I am not a heartless person, despite the fact that I don’t have it all, the little I have, I give wholeheartedly. However, I just want to ask for a favour!! Can Damilare be finally released to me? Can I have my brother Damilare? I promise to take good care of him in my own little way; may God help me so. Thank you, everyone!! God bless every family out there!!!”
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