A 68-year-old British woman, Dawn Ottewell, has spoken about her ordeal after her 31-year-old Nigerian husband, Bright Emokpae, allegedly disappeared shortly after moving to the United Kingdom on a spouse visa.
Ottewell, from Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, told The Sun UK that she met Emokpae, who is from Edo State, on dating apps Tinder and Plenty of Fish in 2021 while she was battling loneliness and depression.
She said Emokpae, who is 37 years younger than her, initially introduced himself as “Brian Thomas” before later revealing that he was a fashion student from Benin City.
According to Ottewell, the pair grew close through regular video calls before she travelled to northern Cyprus, where Emokpae was studying on a student visa.
The couple got married at a registry office in Nicosia on March 22, 2022, with two Turkish friends acting as their best man and maid of honour.
