I got addicted to drugs to escape my ex-husband’s abuse – Actress Etinosa Idemudia

Etinosa Idemudia, a popular Nollywood actress, recently shared her experience of resorting to illicit substances as a means to escape the abuses inflicted by her estranged husband.

According to her, she tied the knot at the young age of 22, only to endure severe domestic violence from her former spouse, which nearly cost her life.

During a conversation with renowned media personality Chude Jideonwo, the actress openly revealed these distressing details and expressed her deep fear of her ex-husband.

Etinosa said, “It [the domestic violence] got to a point where I was on drugs. Whenever he [my ex-husband] is coming home, normally as a woman you should be happy that your husband is coming home but I would just starched up and doped up so that no matter what he says, no matter what he’s doing, I’m just looking at him. Just so that there would be peace.”

The Edo-born actress said she eventually left the marriage after her ceaseless praying and fasting didn’t change her husband.

She said, “I was green, I no know anything. I was a mumu. I was 22 when I got married. My ex-husband told me that ‘I’m not your friend, I’m your lord.”