Husband to late Nollywood
actress, Aisha Abimbola, popularly known as ‘Omoge Campus has addressed rumours
of divorce with the deceased before her demise.
Okunola said that contrary to
reports making rounds, he was still legally married to the deceased and did not
abandon her till her demise.
He, however, stated that they had
not been living together for ten years due to family issues.
He told Punch, “It is a lie that
we had divorced. We had not lived together for about seven years but we were
still legally married till she died. The reason we were separated is a family
issue. I would miss her till I die because she was a virtuous mother and a
go-getter.
“I gave her the nickname, Magic
Aisha because she had a way of achieving her dreams and goals. She was someone
that would give you her shoulder to lean on and her listening ears no matter
what you are going through. Even when she was not in my house again, if I had
any issue in life, I always called her.”
Speaking on why her illness was a
secret from her fans and colleagues, Okunola said that it was his late wife’s
wish not to alert the public about her battle with cancer.
He described his wife as a
fighter whom he believed would win the battle against cancer, but sadly, she
lost the fight.
“The late Aisha was my wife and
her death has made me very sad. I knew she had cancer but we did not see her
death coming. I thought she was going to survive the battle against cancer
because she was a fighter and she really fought cancer.
“Though most people did not know
about her ailment, she gave cancer a good fight before she died. She did not
tell people that she had cancer because she did not want people to pity her
neither did she want to beg the public for money.
“Aisha was someone that respected
my opinion and vice versa. Whenever she said something, I normally agreed with
her. We discussed the issue of telling the public about her illness but she
refused to open up to the public and I had to respect her opinion.
“The last time I saw her was a
week before she traveled out of the country and if I am correct that would be
December 23, 2017. She wanted to travel with our children to America and she
needed some documents so she asked me to come with the documents she needed
because for about seven years, we had not been together but we were still legally
married. We actually met in Femi Falana’s office for her to get the documents.
“After I had given her the required documents,
I told her that she looked so lean, the next thing she did was to look at me
and begin to weep. I had to comfort her and tell her that I would be with her
in America the following year because I believed she was going to survive the
illness being the fighter that she was. Sadly, she did not win the battle
against cancer,” he added.
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