Ewura Ama, a Ghanaian woman based in Ghana, shared her heartbreaking story during an interview with DJ Nyaami on SVTV Africa’s Daily Hustle Gh. According to her, everything started on her birthday when a friend posted her picture online. A man saw the photo, expressed interest in marrying her, and claimed he lived in the UK.
They started communicating, and after a few months, he told her he planned to visit Ghana in December 2022 to marry her. Ewura spoke to her mother about him and mentioned that he said he worked for a bullion van manufacturing company in the UK. Her mother asked whether she truly knew him, but Ewura felt confident in him because he sent her money and communicated regularly.
In January, the man said he had arrived in Ghana and was at the airport. Ewura met him and found a hotel for him to stay in since she was awaiting a work transfer and was still living with her mother. He assured her that he worked and wouldn’t become a burden. Eventually, he met her family, and they started planning their wedding.
The night before the wedding, they were intimate. He even told her uncle he wanted to surprise her with a car and visited a dealership. However, when it was time to make payment, he claimed his bank account was blocked. This raised red flags, but she proceeded with the wedding, hoping things would improve. She financed most of the wedding herself and expected he would help her repay the loans eventually.
At church, people doubted his intentions, but he pressured everyone by claiming he had little time before he had to return abroad. On the wedding day, Ewura had second thoughts but went ahead with it. After marriage, they lived in her mother’s house for about eight months. He never returned abroad and Ewura took full responsibility—feeding, clothing, and grooming him.
He grew controlling and jealous, often picking fights and even breaking their wedding photos. Eventually, she tried to help him travel, but he was denied a visa. That’s when she discovered from his passport that he had never been to the UK but rather Dubai. He had lied about studying law in the UK. He had arrived in Ghana with just a backpack and a small suitcase, pretending to have a future abroad.
They started a process to move to Canada, but he used Ewura’s money and went to Accra, only to reconnect with his ex-girlfriend and squander the funds. After they divorced, the ex sent Ewura a voice note revealing he never intended to have children with Ewura. For eight months of marriage, he used condoms and told her he couldn’t afford a child. That ex later died during childbirth, and Ewura learned that she had been cursed due to the complicated relationship.
The man frequently compared Ewura to his ex and insulted her to the point she would cry at work. She stayed silent about her marriage for three years. After they moved out of her mother’s house, she took another loan to support their new place and found him a job at Adum. Despite doing everything to help him, he remained emotionally abusive.
Ewura admitted she married partly due to pressure from her grandmother. Coming out of the marriage was tough because of societal judgment. She even considered suicide, but a woman once came to her for advice about a toxic relationship, which gave her a new perspective.
Today, she is still paying off a GHC 70,000 loan and has canceled her treasury bill investment. For three years, she supported him until he got a job. Even then, he would give her only 30–40 cedis a day as upkeep. She later found out he told others he was living in Dubai. She now accepts the marriage was built entirely on lies.
Though she once tried to help him travel to Canada, the visa was denied due to false information on the marriage certificate. Ewura revealed she was supposed to be the one traveling, but she gave the opportunity to him.
Eventually, she told her parents everything. His elder sister, who lived in qutar, was reportedly angry because she wanted to marry before him. The man made sure he wouldn’t impregnate Ewura—either using condoms or by intentionally ejaculating early.
Her biggest regret, she says, was using her own money to marry him. She warns other women not to enter marriage because of pressure from family or friends. At just 25, she married him, and by 28, she’s now rebuilding her life.
Ewura had worked for five years and lost everything—she even sold half a plot of land to fund the wedding. After the divorce, she left him at the rented apartment and got him a job. He expected her to curse him, but she left him to face karma. She later heard he moved new women into the apartment.
They no longer communicate. She’s deleted all social media accounts to restart her life. She also learned from his ex that he targeted her because he believed her position at work meant she had money. He married her to bring her down because his ex was broke and not worth exploiting.
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