June 30, (THEWILL) – Nollywood actress, Etinosa Idemudia, has opened up on her brutal experience of domestic violence during her short stint in marriage.
She narrated how her estranged husband once tortured her to confess if she was cheating on him.
The thespian said he tied her up and plunged her head into water in the night, threatening her to confess.
She said she was hospitalised and placed on oxygen supplementation after the torture.
Idemudia said, “I was green, I no know anything. I was a mumu. I was 22 when I got married. My husband told me that ‘I’m not your friend, I’m your lord’.
“His [my ex-husband’s] uncle called me when I was in the clinic. I was receiving treatment because the night before, they tied me up. I went through a lot the night before. So, I just said this is the end before I will die. I fasted, ulcer nearly killed me; fasting, praying.
“See all those CIA films wey they go put person head inside bowl of water and torture you because they want to hear the truth whether you are cheating or not?
“Wetin dey break person bone? Wetin dey carry person go hospital wey dem put oxygen for your nose?
“My ex-husband is very tall, I don’t like short men. I like big people; I want to feel protected. So, that kind, one blow like this. If he slaps sef, shu!”
She said she later reported her ex-husband to the authorities after she got fed up with his abuses.
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