Suzanne Emma, the ex-wife of Nollywood actor Emeka Ike, has responded to the recent claims of her ex-husband that her allegations of domestic violence against him were not true and led to major losses on his part.

During a recent interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, Emma reiterated that Ike subjected her to abuse throughout their 17-year marriage. She talked about a specific incident at the hospital when their child was seriously ill and described how Ike assaulted her verbally and physically.

She said: “There was a time we went to the hospital; my child was sick. We didn’t have money. And I was trying to negotiate with the hospital to treat the child, and we would pay later. It was taking a little bit of time, and he [Emeka Ike] just came in and started yelling at me, ‘You’re a fool. You don’t know how to do things. What’s all this? You can’t even talk to them. Who are they? They’re beneath you, and you’re allowing them to do this and all that.’

“And I got upset and said, ‘Sir, why are you being a jerk?’ And I went off into the car to sit down. Immediately he [Emeka Ike] was coming into the car; his punch was the first thing that I was seeing on my jaw

Recall that a Lagos Island Customary Court dissolved the marriage between Emeka Ike and his wife in 2017 over incessant battery. Emma had approached the court on July 13, 2015, seeking to dissolve the 14-year-old marriage with the Nollywood actor.