Star actress, Mercy Aigbe is now crying that her husband, Mr. Lanre Gentry is threatening to kill her.

“A day before Easter Sunday, I discovered that my husband was sleeping with a girl who was like a sister to me. I was bitter, especially since that wasn’t the first time of such happening. My husband has slept with a lot of my personal assistants and he has done a lot of things that I endured. I was bitter because he promised me he was never going to do it again, so we had an argument but at a point, I had to keep quiet because I didn’t want him to get physical.”

“On Sunday, I cooked and he and the children ate. I reminded him I was going for a burial which I had informed him about prior to that day. At first, he said that I was supposed to stay home with my kids and I said I had promised I was going to attend and that if he didn’t mind, we could  go together since I did not  plan on staying there for long. He said no problem and that I could go for the party. I went to my designer, Luminee’s place to dress up in case my outfit needed any adjustment. I was there with my make-up artist, Ayomide, and another colleague.”

“We got to the party late and by the time we got there, the party was about rounding off and we spent just a little time there before we returned to Luminee’s place. At a point, my husband telephoned me and asked me to pick him up at his office on my way home. I told him to leave me alone, that I was not going to come. I was still angry, having discovered that he was sleeping with the girl I mentioned earlier. After I ended the call, he telephoned me again and asked where I was and that I needed to pick him up. I told him I was at Luminee’s place and then, he started shouting that I should pick him up from the office. I knew he was angry and I told him that I would come to pick him.”

“I told Luminee I had to go, because my husband was beginning to get angry and if he gets angry, he would most likely beat me up. At that point, Luminee walked me to the door. When we got to the door, I heard a car park. I began to panic and I told Luminee that I was sure that was my husband.  At that point, he had gotten to the door and immediately I got to the door, Lanre beat me mercilessly. He kept punching me, slapping me and hitting my head on the wall. Everyone saw what happened and I kept begging him.”

“He said he wanted to kill me, that he was going to damage my face so people would no longer call me for jobs. He acted like someone who was possessed. At a point, I had to tell him in Yoruba that “Lanre, mo ma bimo fun e, kini mo se?” (Lanre I have a child for you, what is my offence?). At that point, blood was gushing out of my nose, yet he kept beating me. I begged Luminee and Ayomide to take me to the hospital but when Luminee helped me into the car, Lanre told them that if he sees any of them in his car, he would beat them.”

“When I heard this, I stumbled out of the car. He came to me, matched my face and continued beating me. I told Luminee to get the security men at the gate or else he will kill me. She ran to call the security men and when they arrived, they walked Lanre out of the estate. Ayomide called her husband and Luminee called my husband’s friend and when they came, they took me to Solid Rock Hospital in Ojodu. He followed us to the hospital and he kept saying that he was going to kill me”

“At the hospital, the doctor gave me injections and put me on drip. They stuffed my nose with cotton wool to stop the blood from coming out. The following day which was a Monday, Ayomide and her husband were with me at the hospital and I was there till about eight o’clock.  I removed the drip myself because I felt I needed to report the case to the police.  I told Luminee to take me to the police station and she took me to Area F where I made the report. Immediately I made the report, I met the area commander and I met with one of the human rights representatives at the same station.”

“I wrote a petition and gave my husband’s number to the Area Commander who tried to reach him but couldn’t. She then asked the police officer in charge of the case to go with me to invite him to the police station. We went to his hotel at Oregun and we didn’t meet him but met his two brothers. The officer, ASP Amaka telephoned him and he said he was in Ibadan. I knew he was lying because he could not have travelled so soon. We returned to the station and I was given a note to go to the general hospital to treat myself.”

“I went there and saw a doctor at the Surgical and Emergency Department of the hospital where they gave me drip, injection and antibiotics to stop the blood. He gave me another note to go to St. Solomon Health Care Ltd to undergo some scans so they can determine why I was bleeding and if I had any internal injury. I did series of tests from Brain CT scan, Chest scan and more.”

“When this recent incident happened and I saw the way he was going about it, I went to the Domestic Violence Department in Lagos State and I met with the Commissioner for Women Affairs, Mrs. Lola Akande. I also went to the office of the public defender where I met Mrs. Tope Salami and I explained everything, that I do not feel safe with my kids. I feel like he is going to send some people to kill me. The Thursday after the incident, I went home to get some of my things and he sent three thugs to the house to prevent me from taking anything.”

“One of them almost beat me up and I had to run to Ojodu Grammar School Police Station to get some police and they arrested the thugs he sent. A man who can go to that extent can do anything. I fear for my life and that of my children. The case is in court and it is not in my place to imprison him. Moreso, I have a child for him. I just want him to realise the gravity of what he did to me.”

“All I know is that I have to take care of myself because I still cough out blood and I have to undergo a surgery. I have to make sure that I am okay.”

– Culled from Broadway TV