Dalena Reporters l December 22, 2025
A Nigerian woman identified as Ada has shared a candid account of how a once-envied marriage ultimately shattered attributing the breakdown of her relationship to her husband’s extramarital affair with their domestic worker. The revelation surfaced in a candid Facebook post where Ada, now raising her four sons on her own in Canada, disclosed that the defining rupture in her union came when her spouse impregnated their maid during her absence.
According to her account, the incident occurred while she was in Canada giving birth to their fourth child — a period that had been meant to mark a joyful milestone for the family. Instead, she returned to discover a profound betrayal. Ada recounted that although their marriage had long been viewed by friends and associates as strong and enviable, the trust at its core had been fatally compromised once her husband became involved with the maid.
The public revelation has attracted significant attention on social media, where Ada’s story has sparked conversations about fidelity, marital trust, and the emotional toll of infidelity. Many commentators noted that relationships often appear stable from the outside, but internal fractures can remain hidden until a crisis lays them bare.
Experts on family dynamics say that extramarital relationships involving a spouse and a domestic worker — a situation repeatedly spotlighted in similar cases across Nigeria tend to inflict deep emotional trauma upon partners due to the compounded elements of betrayal, power imbalance, and household intimacy. Such scenarios have been cited in past divorce petitions and personal testimonies as among the most devastating forms of infidelity.
Ada’s decision to publicly share her experience even after migrating overseas underscores evolving attitudes toward discussing marital breakdowns outside traditional privacy norms. It also reflects a broader pattern of individuals using social media platforms to narrate deeply personal aspects of their lives in ways that both challenge social stigma and invite public empathy.
As Ada continues her life independently, her story has resonated with many whose own relationships have faced betrayal, serving both as cautionary testimony and a call for more open dialogue about fidelity, accountability, and emotional healing within and beyond marriage.