Eucharia Anunobi receives support from Bukola Arugba and Ify Okeke after sharing struggles in past marriage and the loss of her only child

Veteran actress Eucharia Anunobi has received an outpouring of support from colleagues Bukola Arugba and Ify Okeke after opening up about her troubled marriage to Charles Ekwu and the death of her only son, Raymond, during a recent episode of The Honest Bunch podcast.

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The 60-year-old actress recounted that she single-handedly shouldered financial responsibilities during her marriage, despite her husband’s promises of partnership.

“Charles, if you’re listening to this. I am not saying the lie. I am not lying against you. He convinced me. I held onto the marriage, believing that it was alright, we would be fine,” Anunobi said.

She revealed that she ignored her parents’ warnings about the relationship, only to bear the full burden of rent and daily living expenses alone.

“He’s the same person who said he would be there with me through thick and thin. He’s the same person my parent said ‘Eucharia, this guy is not it for you.’ I was the one paying the rent, I was the one doing everything. Charles never brought one naira. When I started the battle of my life, Charles turned,” she added.

The actress became emotional when discussing the death of her son Raymond, who lived with sickle cell anaemia and died at the age of 15 in August 2017 due to complications she attributed to medical negligence.

“The student doctor was asked to do a blood transfusion, but he did a blood extraction. I removed three pints of my son’s blood,” Anunobi said, visibly distressed.

Colleagues quickly took to social media to express solidarity.

Bukola Arugba wrote: “Oh my GOD Aunty @euchariaanunobi tears will fall but be assured your Heavenly FATHER is collecting them in His bottles, Psalm 56:8. HE is turning them to joy and gold, every pain to gains, every shame and blame to fame in JESUS MIGHTY NAME AMEN.”

Ify Okeke also shared a message of support, saying: “My Apostle, My Woman of God, My Dr., My Prof, My starmate… I adore you and you know.”

Anunobi married Charles Ekwu in 2000, and the union ended in divorce six years later.

Their son Raymond was born in 2002 and battled sickle cell anaemia until his death in 2017.

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The actress’ candid revelations highlight both her personal resilience and the ongoing public conversation about the challenges faced by women navigating marriage, motherhood, and grief.