Mercy Aigbe "I stayed because of my children" actress speaks on domestic abuse
The
popular Yoruba star in an interview with Broadway TV opened up on the
details of the scandal that have trailed her and her husband, Lanre
Gentry, for the past few weeks.
Mercy accused the husband of physical violence that
has affected her sight and caused her to bleed internally from the
physical abuse allegedly melted down to her on Sunday, April 16, 2017.
On the beating and why she stayed. "He
beats me consistently I stayed because I loved him and because every
time he beats me, he begs and gets family and friends to beg me. He
promised regularly to change but he never did.
When
my husband gets angry, he gets physical, not only to me but to anyone.
He has done that with my house help who reported him to the Police years
ago.
I stayed because of my children
and because a lot of people look up to me. I was a role model of some
sort and I really wanted to keep it together. I just wanted a home." On the day of the incident Mercy says she had informed her husband that
she was attending a burial of her colleague. After his hesitance, she
explained that it would not be fair on the lady since she had promised
to be there and even invited him to come along.
Mercy revealed that it was her refusal to go and pick
her husband up while she was still at her designer’s place that brought
the fury of the man on her. He was said to have driven there and
started to beat her in the presence of everybody.
She said, "Immediately,
I opened the door, he kept beating me. I was begging him and asking why
he was beating me. He said he would destroy my face such that no makeup
would fix it and destroy my career.
He was acting like someone who was possessed. I told him “Lanre, mo ma bi mo fun e” (translated as “I have a child for you)." On why she remained in the marriage,
"I believed that a wise woman builds her home. That’s why I stayed that long," she said.
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