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  • Emeka Ike punched me when our child was ill – Suzanne Emma

    Emeka Ike punched me when our child was ill – Suzanne Emma

    Suzanne Emma, the estranged wife of Nollywood actor Emeka Ike, has reacted to the veteran’s claims on what ended their marriage and how he dismissed her allegations of domestic violence.

    In a recent interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, Emma maintained that Ike had subjected her to abuse throughout their 17-year marriage.

    She recounted a specific incident at the hospital when their child was seriously ill, describing how Ike verbally berated her and physically assaulted her.

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    She said: “There was a time we went to the hospital; my child was sick. We didn’t have money. And I was trying to negotiate with the hospital to treat the child, and we would pay later. It was taking a little bit of time, and Emeka Ike just came in and started yelling at me, ‘You’re a fool. You don’t know how to do things. What’s all this? You can’t even talk to them. Who are they? They’re beneath you, and you’re allowing them to do this and all that.

    “And I got upset and said, ‘Sir, why are you being a jerk?’ And I went off into the car to sit down. Immediately Emeka Ike was coming into the car; his punch was the first thing that I was seeing on my jaw.”

    Recall that a Lagos Island Customary Court dissolved the marriage between Emeka Ike and his wife in 2017 due to incessant battery.

    Emma had approached the court on July 13, 2015, seeking to dissolve the 14-year-old marriage with the Nollywood actor.

  • Why I featured Emeka Ike in ‘Malaika’ movie after 13 years break – Toyin Abraham

    Why I featured Emeka Ike in ‘Malaika’ movie after 13 years break – Toyin Abraham

    Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Toyin Abraham Ajeyemi, has revealed why she brought back her senior colleague and seasoned actor, Emeka Ike on the set after 13 years off-screen.

    Toyin disclosed this in an interview on Your View show aired on TVC on Thursday, December 21.

    The mother of one said she decided to bring the veteran actor back on screen because he deserves another chance after a marriage controversy that affected his career.

    Emeka Ike’s ex-wife, Emma accused him of assault and denied him access to his kids.

    The 56-year-old actor, who plays Toyin’s husband in the film, claimed that his marital drama led him into depression, which drove him to hide from the spotlight because he was ashamed.

    Read Also: Promote your movie, leave Suzanne alone – Shan George blasts Emeka Ike

    Explaining her reason for bringing him back, Toyin said: “I’ve been talking to Uncle Emeka since last year, I know he has been off for a long time, everything we heard; then obviously I was not as big as this so I sent him a message. My manager Otunba Seun got his number for me and I said come back and he said ‘what if’…everything that happened,’ I said don’t worry even if you did it you have suffered enough, 13 years, it’s okay, it’s fine.

    “I am not saying you did, I wasn’t there but even if you did it’s okay, 13 years. I don’t mind taking risks, it doesn’t matter because I see you in this role because I feel everybody deserves a second chance. It’s okay.”

  • Promote your movie, leave Suzanne alone – Shan George blasts Emeka Ike

    Promote your movie, leave Suzanne alone – Shan George blasts Emeka Ike

    Veteran Nollywood actress, Shan George, has criticised her colleague, Emeka Ike over his recent accusations levelled against his ex-wife, Suzanne Emma. 

    It would be recalled that his marriage with Emma officially ended on July 13, 2015, following allegations of constant battery, leading to its dissolution by a Lagos Island Customary Court.

    The Nation reported that the actor, during an interview on Channels TV, said he underwent a prolonged period of depression, faced challenges in his marriage, and encountered conflicts with colleagues within the Nollywood industry, which account for his extended absence from the screen.

    According to the thespian, he left home for the US with just a luggage, not knowing that his wife had allegedly plotted his downfall.

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    The movie star said Emma shut down his secondary school and removed all of his properties at home, adding he came back to an empty house.

    Reacting to the interview on Instagram blog post, Shan George claimed that Emma didn’t do anything wrong, urging Emeka to promote the movie he recently featured and leave his ex-wife alone.

    She wrote: “Emeka Ike should just promote the movie he’s trying to promote and leave Emma out of it. Emma has not done anything wrong. Emeka ike rest abeg”.

  • I financed my ex-wife university education, built house for her – Emeka Ike

    I financed my ex-wife university education, built house for her – Emeka Ike

    Veteran Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike has made another revelation of how he took care of his ex-wife financially during her time in higher time in higher education.

    The Nation reported that in a recent interview with Rubbin Minds, he disclosed how false accusations of domestic violence led to the loss of his property and access to his children.

    The talented role interpreter revealed that he returned from a business trip abroad to find out that his school, worth millions of naira had been closed down.

    He claimed that when the report of alleged assault on his wife became viral, he asked her but she denied it, saying he was unaware that she was the one behind the news.

    Emeka claimed that his marital drama led him into depression, which drove him to hide from the spotlight because he was ashamed.

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    In a widely circulated video, the actor shared the story of educating his wife to university, constructing homes for both of them, transforming her life, and even letting her use his cars. 

    Sadly, he expressed deep sorrow over loving a woman who didn’t reciprocate his feelings.

    He said: “I trained my wife in the University, I built a house for her, I built for her mother, I changed her life, I gave her my cars to drive anyone she wanted as a rich man’s wife but what did I get in return? I loved who did not love me.”

  • Emeka Ike’s ex-wife always beat my mother, says brother

    Emeka Ike’s ex-wife always beat my mother, says brother

    Victor Ike, brother of veteran actor, Emeka Ike revealed how his brother’s ex-wife, Suzanne Emma physically assaulted their mother.

    The Nation reported that the actor had revealed in an interview recently that his ex-wife had alleged that he assaulted her.

    He said since then, she has sold all of his properties and prevented him from accessing his children.

    His brother who was tired of the narrative that was spun on social media by Daniel Regha and other internet users shared further information on the issue.

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    According to Victor Ike, everything Emeka said was true and he further added that the ex-wife used to connive with her mother to beat their mother.

    He claimed she spoiled Emeka Ike’s relationship with the rest of the family as he always defended her despite her wrongdoings.

    In his words: “@DanielRegha and Co, Please don’t be judgmental when you don’t know their stories.

    Emeka Ike is my blood brother, and everything he said @channelstv was 100% true. He didn’t even mention how she and her mother constantly beat my mum whenever she visited. He needs to see his kids

    “He has always loved and stood for her even when she lies against his own family. Most of us in the family are not in good communication with him just because of her, so it is false to claim that the man who disowned his family for her was a wife-beater. Don’t hurt him with his kids.”

  • How my ex-wife made me lose properties – Actor Emeka Ike

    How my ex-wife made me lose properties – Actor Emeka Ike

    Veteran Nollywood actor Emeka Ike has reflected on how the accusations from his ex-wife, Suzanne Emma, led to the loss of his properties and denied him access to his children.

    Recall that a Lagos Island Customary Court in 2017 dissolved the marriage between Emeka Ike and his wife over domestic violence.

    While featuring as a guest on Channels Television programme Rubbin’ Minds, hosted by Hero Daniels, Ike said his ex-wife’s assault allegations made him lose properties worth millions of naira.

    He said he did not come out to clear the air over the domestic violence allegations against him because the people “bullying” him were on social media.

    Ike said: “I didn’t come on the internet to clarify the allegations against me because it’s difficult to clarify because the same people that were bullying me on the internet, they were still there. They are gonna say, ‘Don’t mind him. He is still missing her. Move on.’

    “And if you’re not prepared to handle it, you will be crushed. My secondary school, St. Nicholas College, on CMD road, Magodo, was shut down. Over N480 million investment that year was shut down. And all I heard was a constant battery. I was like, ‘I don’t beat this lady. What’s going on? Babe, what’s going on? They said I beat you, do I?’

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    “And she [my ex-wife] said, ‘No. But you’re a star, you know, they can always manipulate things and all that.’ So, I was gullible until I discovered that she was actually the one behind all this whole thing. Some ladies are too desperate for marriage legally. And she actually told me one time that I am not the marriage type. And I didn’t understand it. So, the young men need to know that there are plenty ladies that are not the marriage type lately.”

    He said he sponsored his ex-wife’s higher education but didn’t know that he wasn’t “loved in return.”

    The thespian said he and his family members begged his ex-wife not to divorce him, but she was adamant.

    “She [my ex-wife] went to divorce herself. She said, ‘Judge, please, divorce me, I want to go.’ I said, ‘Kilode? Where are you going?’ I was on my knees. Felix Duke was on his knees. My sisters were on their knees in court. Even the people that came with my ex-wife to court were on their knees. They said, ‘Are you okay? What’s wrong with you?’ We didn’t understand what was going on in her psychology,” he recalled.

    Ike said he believed his ex-wife was blackmailed by some “gunmen” she was involved with into divorcing him.

  • Trouble again in AGN’s house of cards

    WHILE the recent genesis of the crisis rocking the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) can be traced to the leadership divisions with Ibinabo Fiberesima and Emeka Ike leading two different factions of body, recent activities by the AGN Board of Trustees have further divided Guild members.

    At the crux of the matter is an election of officers into a Government of National Unity (GNU) which was conducted by the AGN Board of Trustees at its 2017 Peace and Reconciliation Conference held in Enugu on August 22, 2017 to chart a way forward.

    At the election, Emeka Rollas Ejezie was elected as GNU president, defeating Emeka Ike with 42 votes to 14 at the congress headed by AGN Vice President, BOT, Emma Ogugua. Also at the congress, Samuel Oniyobo emerged national secretary; Michael Oruma, Vice president, North Central (unopposed); Marshall Johnson, Vice President, North East, (unopposed); Arimu Tope Babayemi, Vice president, South West (unopposed); Mens Nick Ikpeme, Vice president, South south (unopposed); IK Ezeanagu emerged Vice president South East. Other officers were Moses Kasa who emerged Financial Secretary, St. Maradona, Treasurer (unopposed); Frank Dallas, PRO (unopposed); Rex Maxwell M Barde, Chief Whip (unopposed) and AB Cowboy who emerged the DGS. They have a two-year tenure.

    “We thank all those who contributed to this peace meeting,” said Ogugua while congratulating the winners who were immediately sworn in. While Emeka Ike was present, Fiberesima was absent at the ‘election.’

    “We thank Emeka Ike for his support for government of national unity and dissolution of both Emeka Ike executives and Ibinabo’s executives. We thank the congress for voting it too and their approval for all actions taken today for the peace. May God bless you all.”

    Though, the officers were sworn in, not every Guild member is comfortable with this recent development.

    A frosty ‘agreement’

    However, in a swift response, Femi Durojaiye, AGN National Secretary dismissed the Enugu ‘election’ as fraud.

    “First I would like to correct the impression that there was a Congress of Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) at Enugu,” he said in a statement he claimed was endorsed by both Ike and Fibresima.

    “There was none. The meeting at Enugu was another Peace and Reconciliation meeting, an earlier one was held in Lagos.

    “It is an act of idiocy to posit that a Court judgement gotten by a member of AGN was “handed over” to a dubious and non existent “Congress”. The judgement of a Court of competent jurisdiction is a law enforceable not just by AGN members but any interested party.

    “The only competent and constitutionally empowered persons to call a Congress of AGN are the two factional Presidents of AGN, Messrs Ms Ibinabo Fiberesima and Emeka Ike. They are yet to do so.

    “It is important to note that the reference to the Board of Trustees led by Ifeanyi Dike at the Enugu meeting is a monumental error of judgement. This board has since been sacked by the Court!”

    Durojaiye further argued that the National Exco was not dissolved and it is only the Exco of the two factions that can dissolve it after putting in place an electoral body.

    “The two National Excos never did and Ms Ibinabo Fiberesima didn’t even attend the Enugu Peace and Reconciliation meeting,” he wrote.

    “The purported vacuum created after the “dissolution of National Excos” is a figment of the imagination of the Enugu power hungry fellows who made a futile grab for power.

    “Our members and the general public are enjoined to disregard the Enugu meeting and all illegalities that has emanated from it, including the “election” of a fake President.

    “The coming together of the two National Excos of Ms Ibinabo Fiberesima and Emeka Ike to bring AGN crisis to a close is laudable. They are working hard at it. They remain the legal mouthpiece of Actors Guild of Nigeria.”

    Also wading into the matter, Alex Eyengho heaped the blame on the AGN BoT for scuttling a peace process between the two factions.

    “Yes, there was a peace process in place with Ibinabo and Emeka signing unto it,” Eyengho.

    “But somewhere along the line, the highly political and politicized AGN BoT hawks, hijacked the process. The Enugu meeting the BoT called was their game plan and they got everything properly worked out, unknown to Ibinabo, Emeka Ike and their followers. But, Ibinabo was circumspect by staying away. She actually advised Emeka Ike not to attend the Enugu meeting but the Yaba Polytechnic engineering graduate turned down the advice. He got his fingers burnt at the end of the Enugu kangaroo meeting! In reality, it is Ibinabo and Emeka Ike that have the locus to call any unity meeting of AGN. Also, the matter is in court. If Ibinabo alone tells the court that she was not part of the so called peace meeting in Enugu, be rest assured that the whole meeting and its AGN GNU outcome is dead on arrival! Bottomline, AGN palava rages on!”

    Also, in Enugu, Ike and Fiberesima ended their messy 12-year old leadership tussle and later posed for a picture, which went viral. And earlier in the week in Lagos, the duo talked peace and clarified their positions on the ‘election.’

    “The division was not about I, Ibinabo, but about the BOT of the Guild whose tenure has longed expired and has refused to allow fresh ideas and innovations and I said NO, because Nollywood is a global phenomenon and the idea of life BOT will not just work,” Fiberesima said.

    Ike added: “As you know this agitation has cost me a lot but today because of the youths I have embraced peace so we can build the future generation together. This reconciliation is for the young Actors in Nollywood.”

    The duo also agreed to make peace with Fiberesima saying she would withdraw the pending court case and call for a joint congress of both factions so as to conduct an election.

    “Our members should be allowed to choose their leaders in a peaceful manner and by tricks and ambushing,” Fiberesima said.

  • Court dissolves Nollywood actor Emeka Ike’s marriage

    Court dissolves Nollywood actor Emeka Ike’s marriage

    A Lagos Island Customary Court yesterday dissolved the 17-year-old marriage of popular Nollywood actor Emeka Ike.

    Ike and his estranged wife, Suzanne Emma, who have four children, cohabited for over 17 years, but solemnised their union at Alagbole in Ogun State in 2014.

    They separated in 2015 following the filing of a divorce suit by Suzanne.

    The three-man panel presided over by Chief Awo Awosola dissolved the union, while delivering judgment in the suit marked LCC/15/2015.

    Other members of the panel are Mrs. Opeyemi Olanrewaju and Mr Kehinde Jacob Olayinka.

    “From all evidence before the court, the marriage between the couple has broken down and it is irreconcilable, consequently, the marriage is hereby dissolved”, Awosola said.

    The court granted Ike, former Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) President, custody of their four children. It ordered that Suzanne should be granted unhindered access to the children.

    It granted any dissatisfied party 30 days to appeal. The court also received the photocopy of a bank draft of N300, dated July 20, 2016, which Suzanne used in refunding her bride price.

    In her petition, Suzanne accused Ike of incessant beating, molestation and torture.

    But, Ike denied the allegations and pleaded with the court not to dissolve the marriage. He said his wife had moved out of their matrimonial home five times without any reason.

    He told the court that the only time the “devil” entered their marriage, was when his wife paid their children’s school fees.

  • Court dissolves Emeka Ike’s marriage over wife’s battery

    Court dissolves Emeka Ike’s marriage over wife’s battery

    A Lagos Island Customary Court on Thursday dissolved the marriage between Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike and his wife, Emma over an alleged incessant battery.

    Emma, a teacher, had on July 13, 2015, approached the court to dissolve the 14-year-old marriage between her and the Nollywood star.

    The court president, Mr Awos Awosola, said from the totality of the evidence before the court, it was obvious that the marriage was beyond redemption.

    “Emeka, who has been begging to be reconciled with his wife, has not made any effort towards the reconciliation.

    “The marriage is hereby dissolved with effect from March 2, in accordance with the Lagos State Customary Court Law, 2011; Order 3 Rule 7 as amended.

    “Any party that is not satisfied with the judgment has the right to appeal to any court of higher jurisdiction within 30 days from today,’’ the court president ruled.

    Awosola awarded the custody of their four children to the husband and ordered that the wife must have unhindered access to them.

    He said that N300 paid as Emma’s bride price had been returned to Emeka and urged both parties to maintain peace.

    The mother of four had earlier told the court that her husband had been physically and verbally abusing her all through the duration of their marriage.

    “My husband treated me like nobody and throughout this divorce tussle; he had denied me access to my children,” the woman said.

    “He does not allow them to pick my call as he keeps changing their numbers.

    “The last time I heard my first son’s voice was when he was sick and about to undergo surgery.

    “It was a friend who informed me that my son was in the hospital and I called Emeka asking him for the location of the hospital but he refused to disclose that.”

  • Court dissolves Emeka Ike’s marriage

    Court dissolves Emeka Ike’s marriage

    A Lagos Island Customary Court has dissolved the 17-year-old marriage between a Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike and his wife, Suzanne Emma.

    A three-man panel of the court presided by Chief Awos Awisola, on Thursday, ordered the estranged lovers to go there different ways.
    Emeka Ike’s wife, Suzanne, had approached the court seeking dissolution of her marriage to the actor.
    Other members of the panel are: Mrs. Opeyemi Olanrewaju and Mr. Kehinde Jacob Olayinka.
    Chief Awisola, while delivering the unanimous decision of the three-man panel said: “From all evidences before the court, the marriage between the couple had broken down, and it’s irreconcilable. Consequently, the marriage is hereby dissolved”.
    The court, however granted Ike the custody of the four children, but ordered that their mother should be granted unhindered access to the children.
    The court also ordered that any party that is dissatisfied with the judgement should appeal within thirty days.