Car mechanic trying to get wife back and takes 7-month daughter to workshop

• A Nigerian man who takes care of his young daughter at his workplace has opened up on the challenges he is facing as a father
• The father works as a car mechanic in Calabar, Cross River state and always takes his 7-months-old child to the auto workshop
• James Emina disclosed he was frustrated by the lack of money to help get treatment for his wife

James Emina, the auto mechanic who takes care of his daughter at the workshop, said life has been challenging.

The man is no longer living with his wife because she is having mental challenges, according to him.

The man said he would like to get his wife back if he had money. Photo credit: Facebook/Cornelius Ellah. Source: UGC

Emina does not have enough money

He said he doesn't have the money to take his wife to the hospital for a psychiatrist appointment.

Before his wife's mental challenges started, she had given birth to a daughter who she left behind and moved.

The man said he and his wife do not have marital issues except that she has psychiatric challenges.

He said his wife left after the mental challenges started shortly after she gave birth.

His words:

"My wife left her. I don't know what came over her. After she gave birth to my daughter, she started behaving strangely."

James' touching story was first shared on Facebook by Cornelius Ellah, the Head of the Department of Mass Communication, University of Cross River State (UNICROS).

Why mechanic takes daughter to workshop

When asked why he was bringing the child to his workshop, James said he had no money to enrol her in a children's creche.

He stated:

"I was trying to look for a creche, but I don't have much money. I would have taken her to creche but no money to pay."

James was not able to make efforts to get his wife back and have her properly checked by medical professionals as he lacked the money to do so.

"There's no money to run all these. I went there and they were calling money also."

James confirmed he was from Calabar Municipality and that his wife was from Ikono, Akwa Ibom state, where she now stays with her family. He expressed the desire to bring his wife back if he could get help.

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His actions received recognition from local celebrities and support from netizens.