According to Rita who shared the painful story, her friend Mirian
Oluchi Okpara died after she was electrocuted while switching on the
generator for her kids.
I write this with tears. Mirian Oluchi Okpara eventually
died in that marriage. So I received a call last night from my friend,
that our friend Oluchi had died. According to report, she was
electrocuted while switching on the generator for the kids and the
husband in the house. She was found shaking on the floor and died on
their way to the hospital. Many believe she was murdered.
One of Oluchi’s cousins said “My dear where will I start, what she
told you was what she told everyone of us, do you know she can’t talk to
me on phone, she can’t even dare to say anything to any of her cousins,
my aunty her mum can’t even go to the house, her sim card is always
changed, she is threatened always, and just yesterday my senior cousin
told me the bastard ( her husband) called him to inform that Oluchi is
dead, and this is my cousin he prevented her from calling. Sorry my dear
there is no point crying over spilled beans. But that guy will never
know peace.”
Well I want to believe she was murdered too, because before my friend
Miriam died, she called me to explain all she has been going through in
the hands of her husband. She said, the man changes her sim like pure
water, because he doesn’t want any other man to admire her because she
is a very beautiful woman with light skinned complexion.
She said, the does not allow her to even visit the saloon, she must
not go out of the house. She complained that she practically lives in
bondage because of her beauty. The day she went out to buy egg for the
children, the husband beat her to stupor for going out instead of
telling him to buy it for them. The worst part is that he stopped her
relatives from visiting her including her mother.
It was out of pressure, he allowed her to join the Catholic women
organisation in her church and he must attend with her on meeting days,
and when ever he is not around, she goes no where. My friend Miriam was
able to call my line because, during our growing days, she had crammed
it plus the numbers are easy to remember.
On one occasion I asked if I should seek for help for her, she said
no that, the husband will know she has been able to contact someone
outside he four walls of the house. She cried the last time we spoke
that, her husband only brought her to this house to breed children for
him, while he enjoys himself with other women outside.
Now I wished I had helped her then eve when she insisted that I
shouldn’t so that the husband will not beat her for contacting anyone
outside. Woow, so truly Miriam Oluchi Okpara eventually died in this
marriage.
What will happen to her suckling 1year old baby, what will happen to
her other 3kids. So ends the journey of a 33 year old model.
No woman should remain in a Domestic Violence marriage, No woman
should live in fear, Seek for help where you can, Marry your friend not
just any man because he is rich.
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