Nollywood Actress, Mercy Aigbe who is currently in a legal tussle
with her husband, Lanre Gentry over domestic violence has said that she
still wants to build a home with her husband, adding that they just need
some help.
However, the actress in an interview with Broadway Africa disclosed
that she came out in public because she needed to seek help for her
husband, adding that she does not have the plan to dump him.
According to her, she had stayed to endure all the beating because
she did not want to disappoint people that see her as a role model and
also for her children.
“My husband was in detention for over seven months and I never left
him or go anywhere. Why would I want to go now? He says all this is
make-up. He is not showing any form of remorse and still sponsoring lies
against me
“It’s not like I wanted to walk away but I just feel like we need
help. I spoke to my husband’s brother about it. I told him I was going
to pack out for some time while my husband seeks therapy.
“I just wanted to feel safe, that is why I moved my things out. This
last beating was brutal. I actually thought I was going to die. I’m
still coughing and sneezing blood even after three weeks.
“I stayed because of my children and because a lot of people look up
to me. I was a role model of some sort and I really wanted to keep it
together. I just wanted a home,” she said.
When asked how long the beating had continued, she said for as far back as 2013.
“I never for once came out to say that my husband did not beat me.
The video people were referring to happened in 2013 when there were
rumours of such and I did a video recording alongside my husband to
debunk the claim. At that time I had to do it to protect his image and
my marriage. I had to do a live video at that time.
“He beats me consistently. I stayed because I loved him and because
every time he beats me, he begs and gets family and friends to beg me.
He promised regularly to change but he never did. When my husband gets
angry, he gets physical, not only to me but to anyone
“He has done that with my househelp who reported him to the Police years ago. ”
Mercy said she had informed her husband that she was attending a
burial of her colleague. After his hesitance, she explained that it
would not be fair on the bereaved since she had promised to be there and
even invited him to come along.
She said that her refusal to go and pick her husband up while she was
still at her designer’s place enraged him. She said he drove to the
venue of the ceremony and began to beat her in the presence of
everybody.
Mr. Gentry was remanded in Kirikiri Prisons in Lagos on Tuesday. The
52-year-old hotelier, who finally appeared in court after failing to
show up twice, was remanded in prison until he meets the bail demands of
N500,000 and two sureties who reside in Lagos and have landed
properties.
He was initially granted bail after he was arraigned at an Ikeja
magistrate court on a three-count charge of domestic violence, assault
and threat to life.
She recalled, “Immediately, I opened the door, he kept beating me. I
was begging him and asking why he was beating me. He said he would
destroy my face such that no make-up would fix it and destroy my career.
He was acting like someone who was possessed. I told him “Lanre, mo ma
bi mo fun e” (translated as “I bore a child for you).
The Embattled Nollywood actress, says the current crisis
rocking their marriage began a few days after she discovered that her
husband, Lanre Gentry, was sleeping with a certain lady and her personal
assistants.
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