Veteran Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike’s brother, Victor Ike has said that the allegations made by the his brother’s ex-wife, Suzanne Emma, and son (Michael Ike) in a recent interview with Chude Jideonwo were all lies.
Victor Ike, who is also a music producer. He revealed in a series of tweets via his X handle (formerly Twitter) on Sunday that “I heard the lies made against my brother, Emeka Ike, by his ex-wife on #Chude show. So; she slapped him on a number of occasions but now claims he is a wife-beater?
“She was a signatory to his bank account and when he was alerted that huge amounts were being withdrawn constantly, he asked to be informed before withdrawals, then she turns it into an issue of being financially deprived?
“He sponsored her from the level of JAMB exams to university and then Masters. He opened CIS movie studio and a secondary school, both of which she was put in charge of and subsequently ruined, and now she claims he never allowed her work.
“Why only use parts of his voice note and not the complete VN, If not for the intent to blackmail him with false allegations?
“Men’s voices don’t matter anymore because when they try to express themselves, people don’t don’t believe them.”
Here’s how some Nigerians reacted to the allegations and counter-allegations surrounding Emeka Ike:
Haywhy09 wrote, “Carry una family matter go your family house. We get Christmas to celebrate.”
Fazygodspower wrote, “You people should fix a town hall meeting you’re just entertaining the internet.”
Onlineguru_ wrote, “Emeka Ike messed up big time. I don’t care who is wrong or right but he started all these rubbish now he is trying to play the victim.”
Rahliasugar wrote, “And oh, a woman cannot turn grown kids against their dad so tell your brother to fix his temper.”