A Nigerian woman, Onovo Chika Sandra, has opened up about the difficulties she said she experienced during her seven-year marriage, revealing that she eventually walked away from the relationship because of what she described as her husband’s close dependence on his mother.
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Sandra shared her experience in a Facebook post on Friday, August 14, 2026, explaining that she had married an Enugu man while she is originally from Imo State.
She also revealed that she still has her former husband’s surname, “Onovo,” attached to her name on some of her official documents and has been trying to change it.
She wrote:
“I was once married, yes I married an Enugu man, this name (ONOVO) attached to my name is his surname,I have tried to change that name in my documents but bank is stressing me. I believe one day I will succeed,” she wrote in a Facebook post on Friday, August 14, 2026.
“He is from Enugu while I’m from Imo state, our marriage lasted for 7 years before I left him.
“I left him cause he was a mummy’s boy, he does anything his mother asked. I suff3red in that marriage that I didn’t have a choice than to leave him to marry his mother. First born but behaving like mumu 😡😡.
“Na because I still small then, nobody go follow me do that rubbish again now.
“That’s why it’s good to be mentally and emotionally matured before going into marriage. Will put the details here when I’m emotionally ready to talk about it.”