Nigerian human rights activist, Adetoun Onajobi has recalled the circumstances surrounding how she met and married her husband.
She said when they met he had 87 girlfriends, but she was able to chase the other women away to win her husband’s heart.
Adetoun made this known during a chat with journalist, Chude Jidenowo, noting that she fought numerous battles, including spiritual ones in a bid to win her husband.
The activist said; “When I met him, he had 87 girlfriends… my husband had 87 girlfriends, like girls that he was sleeping with. They were enjoying.
Baba Ashabi will tell me that-let me even shock you he will tell me that he is looking for a job for them. I said, ‘You who has no job, where is your recruitment center? Where are you looking for a job for them? You have left Lagos State; you are the one looking for a job for them.
Baba Ashabi! So when people tell me men can’t change, I tell them you haven’t experienced mine. I took it one step at a time.
Spiritually, there was one who was a pure mermaid. This one will even come and appear to Baba Ashabi. There was a day we were supposed to travel together, and Baba Ashabi pleaded with the lady that he wouldn’t go with me but would come to meet her mother and plead with her.
So, Chude, one after the other, I fought the battle. Some people came with revenge; he got me pregnant and said he wouldn’t collect it. Another one came and said she dated him for 15 years; another one will say l’ve been with him for twenty-something years…”
On why she chose to stay with him despite his way of life and the challenges she faced, Adetoun said it was part of her assignment.
She said; “Because I realized I’m on an assignment in his life. He also struggled with it. If you send my husband a text message on his phone, I will receive the same message. If you chat with my husband, I will receive the same message. I took my time to understand what he had gone through.”
