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For Nigerian skit maker Ogbeni Adan, the issues surrounding his relationship with his mother appear to go much deeper than a simple family disagreement. He has now recounted some of the experiences he claims to have gone through while living under her roof, making it clear why he feels he has no reason to be the one begging for forgiveness.
The comedian's account comes after he received messages from people urging him to apologise to his mother for speaking publicly about what he says happened between them. However, rather than accept their advice, he decided to explain some of the incidents that shaped his feelings towards her.
One particular experience he recalled happened during a difficult period when he was struggling financially. After running out of money and being unable to renew his rent, he returned to his father's house because he had nowhere else to stay.
He said the situation became uncomfortable when his sister's husband came to the house. According to him, his mother entered the room where he was resting and asked him to leave the mattress because her son-in-law wanted to sleep on it.
What made the situation worse, according to Adan, was that he had nowhere else to sleep. He claimed he tried explaining this to his mother, but she was not interested in hearing him out.
Recounting the incident, he said:
"When I became broke and couldn't afford to renew my rent, I had nowhere else to go, then I went home to my father's house, my sister's husband came home, my mother entered my room, asked me to stand up from the mattress I was lying down on that my sister's husband wants to use it, I told her ‘if i stand up where will! sleep' she says she doesn't care, forcing the mattress from me scattered the room and started calling me names, calling me useless and inferring that my sister's husband is more useful than | am cause he buys her things |! don't. As if someone has wiped all the good things I've done for her from her brain"
Adan also spoke about what he described as the responsibilities he regularly handled whenever his mother travelled. He claimed that he was left to take care of domestic duties, including cleaning the house, washing plates and preparing meals for his father.
He said these were things he did without complaining, but felt hurt that his efforts were hardly acknowledged. According to him, his mother's attitude towards him would remain unpleasant even after he had taken care of the house in her absence.
He explained:
"Every time this mother travels and leave the house, I'm like an housemaid, ll sweep the house, I'll wash the plates, i'll cook for my dad, then when she comes back, instead of showing alittle bit of appreciation she'll continue her hostility and bitterness right where she dropped it."
Perhaps one of the most difficult parts of his account was his allegation that his mother once got his father to send him away from the family house late at night.
He claimed that he was left stranded, with no immediate place to go because he did not have another home or a familiar person he could easily turn to in that town.
He recalled the incident, saying:
"She made my father chase me out of the house very late in the night, | had no where else to go in that town, the only friend's place | could....."
His account stopped while he was explaining where he could have gone after being sent out of the house.
From his narration, Adan believes the experiences he described are the reason he should not be expected to apologise simply because he decided to speak about his relationship with his mother.
He maintains that there is a much longer history behind their strained relationship, and that people asking him to beg her may not know what he says he has been through.
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