A Nigerian lawyer and Director of Akwa Ibom State Government and Gender Based Violence Response Department, Ministry of Justice, Emem Ette, has revealed that she was widowed at 36 and remarried at 45 with her six children.
She disclosed this in a Facebook post on Thursday, April 17, 2025 while reacting to people bashing a young widow who seeks to remarry.
Mrs Ette also encouraged young widows to remarry.
“I read in a group where a young widow asked if she could remarry and women were bashing and telling her ‘to rest’. Da! My own take is; my dear young widow, if you see husband, by all means remarry o! I was widowed at 38. I remarried at 45 with my 6 children! I have a beautiful marriage and the best of husbands. One God has used to console, comfort and to hold me. (That hold eh! Very important!) Don’t listen to people who haven’t lost a husband before. If you decide to stay widowed, it is still okay because I know, God do care for widows. Anywhere you see Gabriel Ette give him a thumbs up. Agwo Annang ade agwo uko! Sai!,” she wrote.
