Domestic violence is real ― Tonto Dike

NOLLYWOOD actress, Tonto Dike, revealed that domestic violence is real and she has lived through it. She stated in a video interview, incidents that led to her failed marriage with husband, Oladunni Churchill.

The actress said in tears how her husband physical assaulted her on different occasions while she was with Churchill.

“The domestic violence is real. How I lived to suffer it and go through it over and over again, I do not understand.  A lot of people have blamed me. A lot of people have said a lot of things”. She said

Dike who got married to Churchill in 2015 actress said she suffered domestic abuse from her estranged husband. She also shared pictures to back her claim.

Dike said “First of all, I’d like to say that this interview is not to discredit my husband or rather my ex-husband in anyway. It’s a bitter experience. Being here is not easy,”

Although Dike and Churchill both have a child together, the actress said her reason for staying in her abusive marriage wasn’t because of her son.

When asked what made her stay in the marriage despite the numerous physical assaults, infidelity and the likes she said, “I stayed back in my marriage, not because of my child. I stayed because I was doing it for myself, because I loved my husband with all of my heart. I stayed because he begged me to stay a couple of times. I stayed because I just didn’t want to give up. I didn’t want to give up on the marriage just like that.

She was also asked that if she could delete anything about herself, what it would be, “If I had my way, I would like to delete everything. I would like to delete my whole existence because of my child because I know that the internet never dies. He is going to grow up, he is going to read them and it is going to hurt him.
Dike revealed that she is aware that her husband’s PA, Rosey Meurer, is sleeping with him and is the reason Churchill abandoned her and his son.

“I am aware of her. I am aware she is sleeping with my husband. I am aware my husband is taking care of her. I am also aware that she is the reason why my husband abandoned his son with me for close to two months just before the big foundation thing we did in December because he took her on a trip.

“No she is not my husband’s sister. My husband is not her brother. She doesn’t know me. I have never spoken to my husband about her before but I do know their story and I do know that they are in love.

“It is not just a mere relationship. I have pictures of them being on a trip abroad together, that is something my husband has never done for me or his family.

“What hurts me more was that I watched my husband make every single dime that he owns. I know the sacrifices that I have made for my family. All I expect was for him to be good to his family. Women are not the problem I have with husband,” she said.

She also disclosed that her husband may have fathered other children, saying “he lied to me about not having a child, recently two women have contacted me, but I cannot verify it.”