A Nigerian man, Henry Osah, who travelled to the United Kingdom with his children to join his wife, was left stranded at the airport by his wife, who only took the kids with her and told him their marriage was over.
The shocking incident, which happened last month, was shared on an online community for Nigerians in the UK by a lady with the Twitter handle @jayydubby, who claimed to be a family friend of the man.
She wrote that the man had helped his wife pay her fees to study in the UK last year, and sold off everything he had to join her. He arrived in the UK with his children as dependents, and his wife went to pick them up at the airport. She asked to see their children’s passports, which he handed over without any suspicion. She then took their children and abandoned him at the airport, saying she wanted nothing to do with him.
She added that the man received a letter from the Home Office, saying that he had until 1st of January, to return to Nigeria. She pleaded with anyone who could help him with a job referral so that he could stay and fight for his children.
“Hello everyone,
“A family friend of mine is in urgent need of a job with sponsorship. Last month, he arrived in the UK with his children as dependents and his wife went to pick them up at the airport and asked to see their children’s passports, which he handed over without any suspicion. She then told him that their marriage was over and wanted nothing to do with him. She took their children and abandoned him at the airport. He just come to the UK for the first time to join his wife, who came last year to study. He helped pay her fees and sold off everything he had to join her.
“Today, the Home Office sent him a letter saying that he has until 1st of January, to return to Nigeria. He has nothing to go back to and may never see his children again.
I am pleading with anyone who can help him with a job referral so that he can stay and fight for his children. If you know of any job openings or can put him in touch with someone who might be able to help, please reach out to me. I would be incredibly grateful.”
She also posted some of their chats before he travelled, showing that they never quarrelled and that she feigned happiness and even asked him what soup he would like to eat.
“For those saying it’s unbelievable, these are some of their chats before he travelled. They never quarrelled. She feigned happiness and was even asking which soup he would like to eat”.
However, some of her friends came to her defence, accusing the man of being a serial wife-beater and a manipulative husband.
They said that he had been beating her up for years in Nigeria and that she had broken her leg because of him. They said that she did what she did just to be free from him and to be with her kids.
They also said that they had evidence of his wickedness, such as bruises, recordings, and police reports. They prayed that he would be deported to Nigeria, saying that he deserved everything that came to him.
A Twitter user with the handle @tiffanyibeh responded with some venom, accusing JayDubby of not telling the whole truth.
She wrote: “A family friend of yours ?? And you want to say you Donno how he beats up his wife back in Nigeria?? He’s been beating her up for years!! And coming to the UK was her chance of getting freedom! She did what she did just to be with her kids again!”
When JayyDubby tried to rubbish her version of events, @tiffanyibeh responded:
“Do u want to see evidence of bruises? Do you want to listen to some recordings?? Long before he came those evidences got to the police already! Are you also aware he tried to hurt her at the airport again too My dear you are no family friend if u donno this story.”
@Jayydubby again wrote: “Lol. So that idea of her going to the airport in clutches was because of this?”
@tiffanyibeh: “She broke her leg! Evidence dey!!! No dey cap!!!”
@tiffanyibeh: “If you say you are a family friend and you don’t know this story then you are a liar! If you are not married yet may you marry a man like him.
“Everyone is very much aware of how he hits his wife, down to his siblings and parents and they keep saying he’d change for years now! My dear you’d do exactly what she did if you were in her shoes”.
Another friend @peaceobule also spoke up. He wrote:
“This Family friend named Henry Osah is a serial wife-beater and a manipulative husband. I’m deliberately not getting involved with this but if I’m pushed I will share receipts of his wickedness. Your family friend deserves everything that came to him. I hope he is deported to Nigeria”.
“How can Henry Osah use the kids as a bargaining chip with his wife? She struggled to go to the UK and since then you have held her to ransom. You deprived her access to the kids because you said if she doesn’t also help you to the UK, she wouldn’t see her kids”.
