A Nigerian woman, Aisha Oluwakemi, has shared a disturbing experience from her former marriage on the Brekete Family talk show, revealing how cultural pressure and family interference affected her relationship and motherhood journey.
Speaking candidly, Aisha explained that when she met her ex-husband, Abdulwasim Abdulaziz, he told her he already had three children. However, after their marriage, she was shocked to discover that he had seven children living with him.
“At that time I had already given birth to two children, so I told my husband that we should stop,” she said. “Added with the seven children he already had, that makes nine. I believed that would be enough for us to manage and take care of properly, and he agreed.”
But what followed surprised her. Aisha recalled that one day, her husband’s mother confronted her with a harsh ultimatum. “His mother called me and told me that if I don’t want to continue giving birth, she will take another wife for her son because she wants plenty children,” Aisha said.
The revelation triggered reactions from listeners and viewers, many of whom criticized the cultural expectations placed on women to bear many children regardless of financial or emotional stability.
Aisha’s story underscores the struggles many women face in polygamous or culturally influenced marriages, where their reproductive choices are often dictated by extended family pressures rather than personal or mutual agreement.
