Peace Ibiyeomie, wife of David Ibiyeomie, has advised married women to be cautious about forming close friendships with divorced women who are unwilling to reconcile with their former spouses or remarry.
Gatekeepers News reports that the gave the advice during a Mother’s Day service at Salvation Ministries in Rivers State, where she spoke on the influence of relationships and associations on marriage.
According to her, some divorced women often discourage marriage publicly while secretly maintaining relationships with men.
“Do not follow a divorcee as your friend even if she is your sister. Teach her, either she reconciles with her husband or she remarries,” she said.
Ibiyeomie further claimed that some single and divorced women downplay the importance of men despite being involved in intimate relationships privately.
“She will tell you that men are not important but meanwhile she goes behind your back to have affairs with men. I have seen so many examples of single ladies.
“Some of them told me the truth that it is a lie, that even as they are in church, they follow men. One opened up so much to me, that is why she wants to remarry,” she stated.
The cleric questioned why some women continue to criticise marriage while remaining romantically involved with men.
“They keep saying the man is not important. If he is not important, why are you sleeping with him? So stay on your own if you say a man is not important,” she added.
She also warned women against allowing bitterness from failed marriages to negatively affect other people’s relationships.
“That your marriage is broken does not mean you should break another person’s marriage,” she said.
Ibiyeomie concluded by urging women to maintain positive associations and live lives that would leave meaningful legacies.
“Therefore, the company you keep will either keep you up or pull you down. Leave a meaningful legacy that you will be remembered for,” she added.
