''My mother-in-law nearly wrecked my marriage'' - Folorunsho Alakija

Folorunsho Alakija is the richest woman in Nigeria and the 2nd richest in Africa(formerly the richest)...i started believing the old adage that says ''The rich also cry'' after reading her interview with Sunday express.

Here's a Snippet from the interview below,

''My husband's mother was Igbo, while her dad was from the south-west here, and because of this, my mother in-law never wanted a yoruba woman to marry her son. 

She was also not comfortable with my muslim background then. She wanted an Igbo daughter-inlaw, but my husband said it's me or nothing.

it gets interesting....fire on

 It was a tough battle until God finally prevailed....Whenever she wanted something from my husband and was not getting it immediately , she would start attacking me and saying i'm the one stopping her son from doing her biddings. 

it was also an issue when she asked for a baby girl from me and i could not give her. i have four boys in my marriage....At some point, i was encouraged to fight back by my husband, but i refused and kept praying to God to change her. Despite my mother inlaw's opposition towards me, i made sure we took her to US and UK on holidays with us severally and kept showering her with unconditional love. My joy is that we settled before she passed on''