L-R: Amb. Felix Duke, Shan George, Emeka Ike, Micheal (Emeka Ike’s son) and ex-wife Suzanne Emma.
As the collapse of Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike’s marriage and ex-wife, Suzanne Emma, resurfaced all over social media with claims and counter claims regarding what transpired between the duo, a revelation has emerged as to how the former knelt down in court to beg the latter not to divoice him. Amb. Felix Duke, top music artiste, and President of the Creative Industry Group (CIG) brought this development to the fore in a recent media interview in Lagos.
Reacting to the trending stories about the Nollywood actor’s crashed marriage, Duke said he was involved in trying to settle the crisis from the beginning, as Emeka had been his close friend before he got married.
Duke said he fixed an appointment with the couple before they went to court, stressing that the two of them honoured him and they met in a hotel at Ogudu in Kosofe Local Government Area in Lagos State.
The president said that while trying to settle them, Emma acted like everything was okay; but after she left, she went back into crisis with Emeka.
He pointed out that all his efforts to settle them proved abortive because Emma refused to accept his plea, as had apparently made up her mind to quit the marriage for reasons known to her.
Added Duke: “When Emma took Emeka to court, I was there. I went to court with Emeka. Emeka truly loved this woman but I believe she never loved him the way he loved her. From day one before Emeka met Emma, I have been friend with him.
“When he met Emma, he called me and told me, that is so many years ago. He said ‘there is this girl I met and I would want you to meet her’ and he brought Emma and introduced her to me. I was at their marriage, when they had Micheal (first child), I was at the naming, Emeka was also at my marriage so many years ago.
“So we have been friends. I can tell you what Emeka went through. He was depressed after Emma left him, crying everyday. I petted him and sometimes wept with him when he was crying.
“We kept praying together and I told him ‘one day you will find love’ and he asked me: ‘are you sure I will ever find love’ and I assured him he will.
”I followed Emeka to court and the judge told two of them to go outside the courtroom and talk and see if they could reconcile, but if they couldn’t, then they should come back in, and he declared his judgment.
”When the judge told them that; myself, Emeka Ike and his wife, went out, and Emeka knelt down right in my presence to beg Emma, I even joined Emeka to beg her, she refused”.
Duke said that whatever Emeka had said, was the truth as he witnessed everything, noting that Emeka lost his established school, properties, as he had to start his life from the scratch to rise again.
Stated Duke: “Emma abandoned the school to run down because she was already out of the marriage. Emeka did not know that she was out of the marriage. Emeka still taught that he had a wife in Emma”.
On Emeka’s first son Michael, Duke expressed displeasure over his involvement in the case between his father and mother, to the extent of him allegedly calling his father’s unprintable names in the media.
“He will go on social media to insult his father. Tomorrow he will go and beg his father. How is he going to erase all the nonsense he already said on social media?
Wandered Duke: “He expects his father to forgive him and take him back after all these? His mother pushed him to go and say rubbish against his father. This is to show that Emma isn’t a good woman. Who will want to do this to her son?”
Duke also called out veteran Nollywood actress, Shan judge for allegedly supporting Emma’s decision to leave Emeka, stressing that while the crisis lasted, people like her never made move to settle the matter.
Said he: “Has she visited Emeka Ike and his wife in their home at Magodo or did she ever visit their school? How did she know that Emma did not do anything wrong to Emeka?.
“How can one person who doesn’t know anything about this whole saga, just wake up and begin to talk, because she wants to trend”.
