"My dad died in 2013, he was like my best friend; I was very close to him. He literally dragged meand said, 'you aren't going anywhere'. "So, when he passed away, I was like, 'what am I going to do with life?'
In school, people talked about their fathers; "Myfather bought me this and that." Myfather took meto this place and that place." "Myfather..." "Myfather..." When it got tomy turn to speak, I said, "My mother..."
Sharing photos of her bruised skin and the uncle who battered her, Maimuna wrote: Today I wantedto write about my late dad then this happened tome... I am 26years old andmy ucle (mums youngest brother) did this tome.
Even in my school days , they called me all sorts of names because of the severe tribal marks my dad put on my face. I had my first boyfriend at age 21. (My baby father) all because I considered myself to be the ugliest girl in the world.
Ceetee, a lot happened tome. My fiancé broke up with me because he tried reconciling my dad and I but I refused. When we wantedto get married, I insisted that he must go tomy mothers side and pay my things. He said he can never do that.
The name Regina was my late mother's name. I have tried to exercise restraint but Regina mother kept pushing meto wall. Am aliveand not dead. If in doubt of this post call Barrister Jude Ojeogwu on 08033039058
"With the things I've witnessed in life, there's nothing that can shake me. "I've lost two of the closest people tome - myfatherand mother - and, to an extent, some members of my family, including my aunt and grandparents.
My in-laws were the first people I notified when my husband died but I was shocked when they told me that my husband was stripped of his rights when he was alive, hence he will not be buried in the compound," she said Upon receiving the petition
She said he took her by surprise by proposing to her. The couple got married in the presence of the grandmother's three adopted daughters. She is quoted to have said - "Tomy surprise, he said he wantedtomarryme."
If not that myfather drummed it in my ear that I'm a Queen, I would have thought I was an outcaste, every month he would tell meto pack my things and go that I'm not submissive, that a good wife will submit all her money and her body.
Revealing how she broke the juju, the woman continued, "I was instructed at church that I should put salt on white cloth and then insert into my private parts to scare his juju on me away.
Fast forward tome getting to the university, every guy wantedto talk tome because I am attractive and more. But when they found out I had missing fingers, they would run as far as their legs would help them.
'But all my family wantedto ask me was when I planned to get married - which is very important back in Uganda - followed by when I would be having children and starting a family. 'Myfather wrote my wedding speech when I turned 16.
He added that; "Even while the baby was still breathing, one of the nurses had approached meand asked meto pay N30,000 to have the baby buried somewhere. That got me annoyed.
At home, I confronted my dad and all he did was say: it was the devil and I am sorry son. I told him to go to hell as he is no longer myfather. Now, I want nothing more than tomarry Eunice. She is my one true love. The love of my youth.