Nigerian Father: I Spent Millions Sending Wife, Four Children To Canada, She Cut Me Off

I arrived At Calgary Airport But Couldn’t Locate My Family, He Alleges

Daud Olatunji

A Nigerian man, Francis Ushie, has recounted how his marriage reportedly broke down after his wife and their four children relocated to Canada, alleging that he was left stranded at an airport after his wife allegedly blocked him and withheld their address.

Ushie made the claim during an interview shared on YouTube by The Rest of Us, where he narrated his prolonged efforts to reconnect with his family and maintain contact with his children.

According to him, he had been married to a woman from Obulu Gunu in Delta State, but the relationship became strained over family issues and a disagreement involving alleged infidelity.

Ushie said he had hoped that relocating the family to Canada would provide a fresh start and improve their relationship.

He said he resigned from his banking job after the family secured Canadian residency permits, but was unable to travel with them because his former employer subjected his position to an audit that lasted almost a year.

“When the Canada residency permit came to leave with my family, that’s the main reason I resigned from the banking job. When it came, they left before me; she left with our four children,” he said.

“I was still behind because the bank needed to audit my position. It took them almost one year to audit me. That was why I could not travel to Canada with my family.”

Ushie said he eventually travelled to Canada in November 2014, but alleged that his wife had blocked him by then and refused to tell him where she and the children were staying.

He said he arrived at Calgary International Airport, popularly known as YYC, but could not locate his family.

“I eventually went to Canada in 2014 November. I could not locate where my wife was staying with our children. I was stranded at the airport, YYC airport in Canada,” he said.

The development, he said, forced him to return to Nigeria after he was unable to establish contact with his family and had a return ticket.

Ushie claimed that he had made repeated attempts to reconcile with his wife since 2016 but that his efforts had not yielded any result.

“Since 2016 till now, I tried for us to reconcile, but she is not ready to reconcile. I am not forcing her,” he said.

He further alleged that his estranged wife had prevented their children from communicating with him.

“Apart from being a refugee, I have no companion for now. She has also stopped the children from communicating with me,” he alleged.

Despite the prolonged separation, Ushie said he was still willing to reconcile with his wife, but stressed that his immediate concern was restoring communication with his children.

“I am considering maybe writing to the Canadian authority to let them know what happened. I am still ready to reconcile with my wife,” he said.

“My issue is that she should allow my children talk to me. With that I will be okay. I want to let them know I am not an irresponsible father.”