Rita Fashek is the ex-wife
of Famous reggae star, Majek Fashek. She recently opened up to punch on how his struggle with drugs and alcohol addiction destroyed their marriage.
“Jebose, I thought we would live together forever, but as we grew into different rhythms of life’s challenges I discovered that forever was not enough time to spend with him” she said.
“Majek and I met at a holiday job camp, we were both hired as interns and something in both of us stirred as we worked together as summer interns, soon after we met, we fell in love in great ancient Binin Kingdom, that was before he  became famous” she disclose.
“We were so much in love  that I became pregnant shortly after marriage and we had Randy, one year after Randy was born, we had another  child . I never thought I would divorce Majek. No one knows tomorrow. The future is uncertain. Only God knows the future … I love him, but I am no longer in love with him,” she further stated.
“I have remarried and I am moving on with my life.  Jebose, when things don’t go right, what do you do? I am tired of waiting  for Majek’ I have been  living  for years, alone lonely with my children, waiting for him to come home. I waited all these years, his brothers never cared, no member of his family  reached out to me.  I am not getting any younger. I decided to move on. Majek abandoned the children long” she said.
According to her, “I am no longer Majek’s wife. I love him.  But I am not in love with him Majek is a wonderful man.  I am  worried and concerned about him and his life these times. He has been on this drug dependency for over 15 years we have three children Randy is 30, Seun’s 24 and our last boy is 15 years.
“My children were denied the affection of a father, by his illness and addiction . I have been the sole provider  and single mother of our household in the past 15 years since he chose this lifestyle and walked away from us.
“I don’t know what went wrong with Majek, I may never know, he is deep into substance abuse. I discovered his dependency on drugs and alcohol after the birth of our second son, Seun. He would leave the house and return stonned, ultra happy and erratic.”
“The signs began to manifest that Majek was on drugs, I was scarred and did not want to believe. But everyday then , he continued to plunge into serious drugs and alcohol experimentation. They became normal recreation for him. This behavior wasn’t right so one morning, I checked him into one of the hospitals in New York.
This was 12 years ago. The hospital treated his addiction problems and he responded to treatment briefly. Days after he was released from the treatment facility in New York, he was back on track on substance abuse he reconnected with his neighbourhood friends and suppliers, he would leave home for days and return to our apartment, soaked in dirt and oozing of alcohol.”
She further explained that Majek sold his musical instruments for drugs or pawned some so as to get money to feed his desire for alcohol. Rita further revealed that one day, Majek came home and said,” Rita I am gone back home in Nigeria take care of my children”. He walked away and never came back until she came to Nigerians to help him get treatment.
Majek doesn’t have any money, I worked very hard to support my children and him that was what his addiction did to him and our family. He was seen every where in New York drunk, some times sleeping on the floor of subway, stations as he waited for the train home” she stated.
She stressed that “Before the illness, Majek was a wonderful man, his heart is a pot of platinum. He is a very kind and loving person, he was a great husband and lover he cared very much for the family. We felt his essence of fatherhood and husband whenever he was sober, he took care of me and treated me like a superstar.
Rita also noted that Majek was the best husband and women could ever dream of. He was the best husband to me, he was charming lover, but his alcoholism and drugs addiction denied us of his love, care and humanity. I have been staying alone for years with  our children, he abandoned us. This children are grown now.
I divorced Majek three months ago, I have to move on with my life, I am not getting any younger. I have remarried. My ex-husband is an alcoholic, I don’t know how to help him, only God can help Majek….”
….Culled from Punch.