11/03/2025
I’m a 34-year-old banker, and my wedding is supposed to hold this December 2025. But just a few days ago, I found out something that shâttered my world my fiancé is an ârmed rõbbêr. 😭
Here’s how it all started…
There’s a big building materials shop opposite the bank where I work. That’s how I met him. Funny enough, you’d never guess he owns the place he’s quîet, hümble, and rêserved. In the last five years, our bank has been rõbbed four times. None of us ever süspected anything. I met Michael in December 2023. I was at a small restaurant near my office my usual lunch spot when he walked in. He asked põlitely if he could join my table since I was sitting alone. I said no prõblem.
After we ate, he introduced himself and said he owned the building materials shop opposite my workplace. I asked how he knew where I worked, and he smiled, saying he often saw me from afar. Then, to my surprise, he told the waitress to calculate the cost of one plate of food (with turkey or chicken) for 30 days including the one we just ate. He paid for all of them at once and said, “If she ever comes here to eat, just serve her, it’s already paid.”
I was shõcked. I tried to stop him, but he insisted. That was how it all began.
He asked for my number, and we started talking. Soon after, we began dating. One thing I noticed was strânge he wasn’t on any social media platform except WhatsApp and Twitter. When I asked why, he said he valued his privacy and wãrned me never to post his pictures online. It felt odd, but I respected his choice. When I asked if he was married or seeing someone else, he swõre he wasn’t. Fast forward to 2024 our bank was rõbbed again, and this time it was tërrîble. Many were înjured, but strângely, no one tõuched me. That was when I started noticing things.
Michael 0wned two big shops, had 15 workers, and claimed to be very busy, yet he was always home. He had seven phones. When I asked why, he said they were for business. Sometimes, he would step outside to take calls, and he’d even put the phone on loudspeaker first to prove it was a man calling never a woman.
Then one day, in February this year, I went to his apartment and found the whole place mëssy. I decided to clean up. Under the bed, I found something that frõze my bl00d a büllet cáse, with büllets inside. I didn’t cõnfront him îmmediately. Instead, I contacted a close friend who’s a computer expert to help me clõne his phone. When I went through it, I didn’t see any chats with women but there were countless cõded messages with men. From the conversations, it was clear they weren’t talking about business. Michael is very rich, but he doesn’t own a house. He pays 5 million for a two-bedroom apartment. When I asked why not build his own, he said he didn’t want to stay in Nigeria that after our wedding, we’d relocate abroad. He even started prócessing our visas.
Just recently, I found out the shõcking trûth he’s the second-in-command of a rübbrêry gang. 😭 Now, I’m cõnfused and têrrîfied. I can’t tell my parents yet because I don’t even know how they’ll rêact. I’m scâred to cõnfront him what if he finds out how I dîscõvered the trüth? I only cõnfîded in my cõusin, who’s also my best friend, but she told me to “fõcus on love and fõrget what he does.”
But how can I?
My bîggest fear is our füture what if our children înherît his kind of life? I’ve thought of repõrting to the aüthorities, but I’m scãred. What if his gâng brîbes their way out and comes after me? I feel trâpped. Please, if you were in my sîtuation, what would you do?
I don’t know who to trüst or where to türn.
