How A Woman Snatched My Husband - Rachel Oniga

Veteran Nollywood actress Rachael Oniga in this recent
interview with the Entertainer revealed how her darling
husband, now late, divorced her for another woman.
She also discussed her journey into Nollywood and
many other issues:
Interview excerpt:
On how she joined Nollywood, she said
“I started in 1993 after I got separated from my husband;
he’s late now. I was a fulltime housewife and before then
a computer programmer. After the separation I just said I
was not going back into the labour market. So, I went
into business trading, traveling and buying things and
all of that. Fortunately, I met Uncle ‘Layi Ashadele and
he said to me, ‘why don’t you try acting?’ So, I gave it a
try and I was invited to the set of Memorial Hospital.
That was how the journey started.”
So why didn’t you remarry?
I believe so much in myself, and when I got over the
shock of the separation and all that, I made up my mind
that I was going to make a statement without a man. I
wanted to prove that a hardworking woman could make
an impact and with God’s grace I have come a long way.
There’s been no scandal around you. How were you able
to handle that?
The truth is that when you’re focused and you know
where you’re going to, you’re likely to succeed. I made
up my mind then that I wasn’t going to remarry. I was
determined to make it and make all men including my
late husband know that with God by her side, a woman
can make it in life without a man’s support.
That means he hurt you real bad?
Yes. During our years of courtship and marriage, I never
suspected that we would just break up like that or
anything could ever come between us. Back then he told
me everything. I could tell you where he was at every
moment; I trusted him so much.
Did you ever get to meet the other woman?
It was later, much later and when I did I was like ‘did he
leave me because of this thing?’ I don’t know how to put
it but men don’t really appreciate what they have until
they lose it.
What advice do you have for women in similar
situations?
Just believe in yourself and with hard work you will get
there. God is always faithful. I killed my emotions and I
said to myself ‘Rachael, your kids must go to the best
schools.’ It was just work and my children.