My wealthy father turned his back on me- Eucharia Anunobi

Veteran actress turned evangelist, Eucharia Anunobi
has opened up on giving her life to Christ and how
her wealthy father turned his back on her and her
sisters just because they were girls..She told Vanguard
My colleagues were laughing at me that my
mates are busy doing aristo, seeing governors
and going to clubs in VI and Ikeja, you chose
going to church. They said something is wrong
with me, with all my brilliance, but today, by the
grace of God, where I go or sit they can’t.“I have
a first degree in English Language, a Masters in
Social Work and I’m a Doctor in waiting. I did my
Masters in LASU. We began as 78 students, only
48 passed. Out of the 48, only 2 people had the
aggregate to qualify for their PhD. And Eucharia
Akuwa Anunobi happens to be among the 2. The
other one was a lady as well. In everything, I
make my boast in Jesus Christ. I went back to
school just about 6 years ago so it is not too late
for anyone whether male or female to go back to
school. There’s need to go back to school and
get education even if you are 75 years old.
In my case, I come from a privileged home,
I’m ajebo. We lived at no 5 Musa Yaradua
Victoria Island. In fact we were the last set at
Federal School of Arts and Science. I have As
in English, Government, Literature etc, at the
end, I wanted to go to University and I’m the
first born but my father said he had no
interest in training the female gender in his
family after secondary school. With all his
riches and my brilliant result he refused to
sponsor me to University except the boys.
He abandoned me on the way and that was
how at the age of 16, I started fighting for my
destiny. This was what made me begin
seeking God at a very early stage.
“ How did you pull through?“
A good friend, Peter Ononiwu who knew me
back then said I have the endowment to
become a model and that was how I started
modeling. I was on so many fashion shows at
the time. I was determined to show my father
that I am not a mistake of creation, there’s a
reason God made me a girl. On my own I said
a girl must be somebody. After all, Christ
came through a woman and when he
resurrected it was a woman that saw Him
first. There is a special grace God gave to
women and that’s power of intuition. A
woman with Christ is a destiny finder and
helper. So, by the grace of God I passed Jamb
and got into University of Nigeria Nsukka and
for the 4 years on campus, I paid my school
fees all by myself. I am Eucharia all by
myself. There’s a reason why God allowed my
father to turn his back on me and my sisters.
If I had it all perhaps, I wouldn’t have
discovered who I am and wouldn’t have been
as successful as I am today