I was physically and emotionally abus£d by my ex-husband for over 10 years, I was dying and nobody knew — Veteran table tennis player Funke Osinaike

Nigerian veteran table tennis player, Funke Osinaike, has opened up about her failed marriage, alleging that she endured physical and emotional ab¥se for more than a decade.

Osinaike, who confirmed that she is divorced, made the revelation while speaking about her personal life in a recent interview.

She alleged that her former husband repeatedly ab¥sed her and also accused him of being unable to cope with the attention she received as a successful athlete.
“Nigerian men, they like side chicks so much. Yes oh. I know a lot of Nigerian men do. Immediately they have small money like this, they like side chick and, uh, yeah, I took you for so many years and, uh, I couldn’t take it again,” she said.

The table tennis star said the situation became unbearable, revealing that she suffered physical and emotional ab¥se for over 10 years.

“I was really, really, really physically and emotionally ab¥sed. All this, a lot of people don’t know that about me. I was physically ab¥sed for more than ten years. I was dying and nobody knows,” she said.

Osinaike alleged that the b+atings occurred regularly and sometimes happened in front of her children.
“b+at me, really b+at me. And I think in every two months I would get the b+ating,” she said.

She added that she sometimes ran to her children’s room for safety, but alleged that her former husband followed her there and continued the a§§ault.
“And sometimes I will rush to my kid’s room. He will follow me to my kid’s room and he will b+at me there too,” she said.

Asked if the ab¥se happened in front of her children, Osinaike replied, “In front of my kids. I’m telling you, everybody in Hamburg they know about it.”

She said she also reported the situation to her pastor, but was advised to keep praying for her husband.
“I reported to my pastor, you know, the Nigerian pastor, the same thing, ‘Keep praying for him,’” she said.