Top Nigerian actress Patience Ozorkwor, popularly known as Mama G has recounted how her father forced her into early marriage.
In an interview on Channels Television, Patience Ozorkwor revealed that she had to get married at a young age in order to please her own father.
According to Mama G, she comes from a polygamous family where early marriage was the order of the day among the families.
“It was my parent’s decision to marry at a younger age,” she told Nigeria’s Channel TV. “I come from a polygamous family where my mother wants me to get married because her mate’s daughter has gotten married. I was forced into marriage. That’s it.”
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She said her marriage experience was horrible but she endured it to please her father and be able to take care of her children.
“My experience was horrible. Our era was a period where you don’t have to decide who marries you. Your parents or cousin could arrange it. Once your parents have accepted it, you are in for it.”
“In my family, you don’t come back from your husband’s house. You stay, manage and make the best out of it. When I went into the marriage, I saw what was involved. I put my head together because I couldn’t disappoint my father who loved me so much. So, I had to stay back.”
“In my place, it’s not easy for you to abandon your children in marriage once you start having them. The reason why I stayed in my marriage was to please my family and take care of my children. So, whether there was love or not, it does not matter.”
She said this generation’s view of marriage isn’t marriage because her Christian background doesn’t permit divorce.
“Remarriages among this generation aren’t marriage for me. It is just relationships that could be broken at any time. For me, marriage is forever, till death do us part. That’s the way I brought up my children and it’s working out for me with prayers.”
Watch the interview below;
