Oluwayemisi Mafe, a victim of spousal abuse, has detailed how her wedding day turned out to be a sad day for her as it heralded years of abuse that left her feeling so alone and led to her mother’s death. The marketing communications consultant said she married her husband after two years of courtship, so she thought she knew him well. However, she realized on her wedding day that she was wrong when he showed her another side of him. Speaking on Life Lessons with Betty Irabor, Yemisi revealed that shortly after they got married, the physical abuse started. She explained that only weeks into her marriage, he beat her for the first time. It soon became a habit. She said he would beat her, apologize, give her gifts, only to ask for the gifts later when he’s angry, then destroy them in her presence. She reported the abuse to her mother-in-law but, rather than caution her son, the mother-in-law encouraged him to keep beating her all over her body but ...
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