Nigerian actress Etinosa Idemudia has revealed that her colleague, Mercy Johnson, stepped in to protect her during a period of serious threats from her ex-husband.
Speaking in a recent interview with media personality Chude Jideonwo, Idemudia explained that Johnson used her military connections to escalate the matter to the Chief of Naval Staff.
The crisis began after Idemudia granted an interview for the film Stormy Heart. She admitted that she was inexperienced with handling the media at the time.
“So, how that happened, I went for an interview for a film, Stormy Heart. Like I said, at that time I was very green. I don’t know how to avoid questions in an interview or divert or lie with sense. It’s all about honesty at that time.”
During the interview, she spoke openly about her past relationship.
“So I think they asked about love or relationship. I now said one relationship nearly killed me. Anyway sha, the person is my ex-husband. I said it carelessly.”
She said the media focused on her marriage rather than the film.
“Did you know that the media house left everything I said about the film, they now crafted marriage aspects. Even myself I was shocked, nothing wey I no hear.”
Following the interview, Idemudia claimed her ex-husband, who is a military officer, began threatening her.
“My ex-husband now called me that I’m doing an interview on his head. So he started threatening me, saying that I want to ruin his career. He said that I should come out and write that I said those things because I’m a bitter ex.”
When the situation worsened, she turned to social media for help.
“So when the threat was getting too much, I have to now cry out on Instagram.”
Mercy Johnson responded quickly.
“But I remember that Mercy Johnson reached out to me because she has a very strong military background. She was like she’s going to forward the case to the Chief of Naval Staff.”
The intervention resolved the issue.
“To cut the story short, someone from Abuja reached out to me that they are now on the case, that this person will not bother you anymore.”
Etinosa Idemudia was previously married to Babatunde Solomon, with their marriage ending between 2017 and 2018.
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