Emeka Ike Orders Police To Arrest Wife’s Boyfriend

Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike is in the news again. This time, it is over his marriage with his entranged wife, Suzanne. The matter is in court, and he is accusing Rev Chris Okotie of being behind his wife in the crisis, by hiring the services of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), for the purpose of destroying his home.

In a telephone interview with Saturday Sun on Thursday, Ike said, he has refused to make comments on the matter, because of the future of their four children.

“I have been saying, ‘no comments’ because I have taken time to see what could be saved about the marriage. Before now, I have maintained silence because I have to save the image and the future of my children. The problem of a divorce is not the pleasure of the man alone, it is also not the convenience of the woman alone, it is more of the children.

“I came from a home where my father and my mother lived together, and he never for one day beat her. I don’t want my children to be embarrassed, so I kept mute for over two years now. So, when people ask, I say nothing is happening; accepting everything to make somebody reasonable.

“You begin to ask questions, what is happening, and who is really interested in getting away with something evil in a decent society? I have not been doing anything illegal or illicit. The only issue has always been what I stand for; I am a firm man.  I am a principled man. I build my life on the basis of integrity. So, when I say, ‘no’ people tend to say I’m stubborn. But nobody can say Emeka Ike threw somebody’s cup of garri away.

“For this matter, the court has justified my position by giving me judgment for the 13 prayers I made. It shows that I know what I was doing, I was acting on behalf of the system or the society and the court feels my position and said, ‘yes’, this is what it should be like. And when you see the judgment, you will say, ‘yes this is what it should be like.’

“Nobody should take advantage of that and put wrong information about me that I am beating my wife. What about my image? I worked for it all my life. Who is issuing the cheques, who is bringing out the money that is making this thing national news, who is that man putting money behind the press men?