A Nigerian man, Anthony Okechukwu Echebiri, has captured the attention of many after posting an emotional public apology to his estranged wife, Okechukwu Adaobi Fortune, following two years of separation.
Echebiri, who works as a staff member of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), had previously accused his wife of infidelity, claiming that she had left him and their children to marry another man while still legally married to him. The accusations led to their separation in April 2022, marking the beginning of a long period of emotional turmoil for both Echebiri and his family. However, in his heartfelt post on Facebook, Echebiri expressed deep regret for his actions and pleaded for reconciliation, admitting that he misunderstood his wife and had caused her unnecessary pain. He acknowledged that this misunderstanding ultimately led to the collapse of their marriage. His post, titled “My Sincere Apologies to My Sweetheart,” was shared in an attempt to mend the rift caused by his accusations and to seek a path forward for their family. He spoke candidly about the pain he had endured since their separation, revealing how it had affected both him and their children. His emotional plea for forgiveness was accompanied by a promise to change, emphasizing that he had evolved as a person and was now ready to accept his wife's natural flaws and vulnerabilities, which he had previously overlooked.
The post revealed just how much their separation had affected him. He shared how the two years and seven months since their split had left him devastated, likening himself to a widower, and how their children were often treated like motherless by their peers. The heartache of losing his wife and the strain it caused their children were recurring themes in his apology. In his emotional letter, Echebiri expressed that he was ready to put all the blame on himself for the dissolution of their marriage, invoking a sense of humility and remorse. He referred to his apology as a public declaration of his commitment to their relationship and pleaded for the possibility of reconciling. Echebiri’s words were charged with emotion as he expressed his desire to bring an end to their conflict and start anew, saying, “Our tomorrow shall be greater going forward.” He expressed hope that his wife’s heart would be touched and that their reunion would bring joy to their family.
The public apology is not only a plea for his wife’s forgiveness but also an effort to heal the emotional wounds caused by the separation. He mentioned his children, Chimamanda, Chiamaka, Kaitonna, and Chikaima, as well as himself, expressing how much they missed their mother and longed for her return. With a final declaration of his love, Echebiri signed off his letter, emphasizing that he was “Yours forever, Crown and hubby, CSC ANTHONY OKECHUKWU ECHEBIRI.”
Anthony Echebiri’s apology to estranged wife
“MY SINCERE APOLOGIES TO MY SWEETHEART — OKECHUKWU ADAOBI FORTUNE Happy Sunday to You, my one and only Sweetheart, Hope Service today was awesome.
Before proceeding, I plead that you unblock all my phone lines as well as my Facebook account so we can get talking. The kids and I could not not make it to Church today as two of them are taking injections having been ill for the past two days of Malaria.
They had earlier taken tablets but relapsed after one week that led the medics to suggest injection. And, bless God, they’re fast recuperating. Not to make this document wordy, My Sweetheart, may I use this public medium to sincerely and most heartily tender my unreserved apologies to you for all my offences against you.
I am, indeed, truly sorry for hurting your feelings and misunderstanding you grossly to the point where you decided to quit. Since your departure, my Sweetheart, my life has never remained the same. The kids too have suffered so much, emotionally.
I am now a changed person and have evolved with the right levels of vulnerability to accomodate your natural weaknesses unlike before. I deeply regret how our marriage degenerated to this level all because of our divergent views to issues in a few cases.
But those few cases of our disagreement regrettably became so magnified, and gradually eroded the joy of conjugality vis-a-vis what an ideal marriage should be as at the time you left on April 24, 2022. Today being November 24, 2024 makes it 2 years and 7 months that I have lived like a widower whilst you are alive, and the kids been treated by their peers and strangers sometimes as motherless children.
I have often shed secret tears and sometimes at the office. I am pained, devastated and broken. You have won in this debate, my LOVE. No more arguments, my Sweetheart. Please, it is high time you are welcomed back gloriously as a Queen you truly are. Please forgive whatever that ever happened which pushed you to where you are today.
Put all the blames on me, like Christ who asks all believers to cast all their burdens on Him, and watch me thrash them in the dustbin of history. Our tomorrow shall be greater going forward, my Sweetheart. Let us therefore bury the hatchet today and begin the process of our re-union.
I am persuaded that the good Lord will touch your heart to return and the kids and I shall greatly rejoice. Once again, my Sweetheart, I am truly very SORRY. I Love You forevermore!
“Concerned Nigerians and bloggers, kindly help me get this letter across to her. With all the Love from Chimamanda, Chiamaka, Kaitonna, Chikaima and myself your loving Crown. Yours forever Crown and hubby, CSC ANTHONY OKECHUKWU ECHEBIRI”
Genesis of their separation
