(Video) Onyeka Onwenu: I raised my children to Masters Degree, marriage did not work… would have killed me
Renowned Nigerian entertainment icon, Onyeka Onwenu explained in a recent interview monitored by Ripples Nigeria that she single-handedly raised her children, from kindergartens to Masters’ Degree.
Speaking on the ‘Real Talk With Kike’ show, Onyeka revealed that marriage wasn’t meant for her, and that marriage ‘would have killed her if she did not end it.
During the conversation with Kikilomo Atanda-Owo, the septuagenarian who has remained surreptitious about her personal life mentioned that she tried to salvage her marriage, but it did not work.
“I went through it. It was difficult because I really didn’t want my marriage to end but I could not take it anymore. It would have killed me. I always say it and that is the truth,” she said.
She also revealed that she single-handedly raised her children from nursery school till they bagged their master’s degrees.
“And it was not good for the children to live in that kind of environment where the mother is depressed, the mother is carrying the weight of the whole family. I raised my children from kindergarten to Masters Degree,” she added.
Watch the session below.
