I almost committed suic!de when I & LIlian Esoro parted ways – Ubi Franklin

Music executive Ubi Franklin has narrated how he almost committed suic!de when he and his then-wife, actress Lilian Esoro parted ways

According to him, they met on January 4, 2015, and just a few months later, on March 19, he proposed. Excited about taking the next step, he planned a celebratory dinner at the Red Restaurant in Eko Hotel. Friends, colleagues and well-known faces were invited to witness the special moment. But Lilian never showed up!

Reflecting on the experience,  Ubi began:

“I met my now ex-wife on the 4th of January 2015, engaged her on the 19th of March 2015. After I engaged her, I set up a nice dinner at the Red Restaurant of Eko Hotel. I invited all my friends, big boys, everybody. And guess what? She didn’t show up.

”I was so embarrassed because it was a big thing on social media. Everybody was talking about it. Have you ever cried to the point where you get to a certain level that you cannot cry again? That’s where I was. I couldn’t stay in my house. I ran to Iyanya’s house to see if I could find her because she disappeared. Nobody knew where she was. Then they finally called me that they found her.

”After they found her, I started asking her questions like, ‘What happened? What happened?’ Nothing. I checked into a hotel. I don’t know how she knew my room. On the 21st of March 2015, somebody knocked on my door. I opened it, and she was the one. I asked, ‘Why did you do this?’ She said she just had cold feet and all.”

Franklin said they decided to move past the incident and even travelled to London together. After returning to Nigeria on April 6, 2015, they attended AY Live, and for a moment, everything seemed to be back on track.

But the calm didn’t last. He further stated:

“After that, we flew to London. We landed back in Nigeria on the 6th of April 2015. That day was AY Live. We dressed up and went for AY Live. It was beautiful. Everything was nice.

”I’m telling you this story to let you know some of the things that have happened in my life that I survived, things that almost broke me. After AY Live, the next day, I entered the room only to see that she had dropped the ring on the bed and left. That was another roller coaster.”

Months later, they reconciled once again and went ahead with their wedding. Although the marriage eventually came to an end, Franklin said he almost took his own life.

He continued:

“She came back again sometime in June and said she was now ready to get married. So I told her, ‘Fine.’ We started planning the wedding, and we got married. Unfortunately, we later went our separate ways.

”But I’ll tell you something. We didn’t go on social media to fight ourselves. We didn’t k!ll anybody. We became good friends, and we try to live a good life for our son.”

“I went through some depressing moments. I remember one time I bought a red CLA and drove to 3rd Mainland Bridge to end my life. The only luck I had was that my cousin came to save me. Several times I tried to attempt it, and he saved me.

”I was so embarrassed, I didn’t know what to do. I kept asking myself, What have I done to deserve all of this?’ I had a good career going for myself. I had been one of the biggest artist in the country at the time. Everything was fine. So I just felt it was time for me to settle down”.

Looking back now, Franklin said he has accepted that not every relationship is meant to be. Rather than hold on to bitterness, he chooses to focus on what the experience gave him.

“Sometimes I feel like that relationship didn’t work because it was just meant to be that way. Till today, I can’t even really explain exactly what transpired. But we are very good friends. We co-parent very well. We celebrate events involving our son together.

”So sometimes I always believe that regardless of all the pain, the best result I got from that relationship is my son. She’s still doing very well. Any opportunity I have to support her, I always do it to the fullest.

”But this is the lesson I want you to learn from this. I don’t want you to think that when something happens between you and another human being, you have to hate that person.

”No. That’s not the case. If something happens between you and somebody, sometimes it’s just an opportunity for you to learn from the process and keep it moving”, he advised.

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