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Veteran Nollywood actress Rita
Edochie has disclosed how she was molested sexually when growing up.
Edochie has disclosed how she was molested sexually when growing up.
Rita speaking in a recent interview
with the News Agency of Nigeria said the incident occurred when she was in
primary six.
with the News Agency of Nigeria said the incident occurred when she was in
primary six.
She said: “I was a victim of sexual abuse;
that was when I was in primary six; I was going to the hospital and somebody
called me. “The boy used some diabolic means and sexually violated me; when I
could not see my period, I refused to tell my mother, because she was very
strict.
that was when I was in primary six; I was going to the hospital and somebody
called me. “The boy used some diabolic means and sexually violated me; when I
could not see my period, I refused to tell my mother, because she was very
strict.
“I love sharing my experience because at the
end of the day I succeeded; If I had not succeed, I would not have been able to
be saying it.” The thespian added that she got pregnant as a result of the
incident and it took seven months for her mom to realize this which completely
surprised the family. She said: “My mother asked how it happened and I told her
everything; my brother picked a knife and wanted to kill me, but my mother
stopped him.
end of the day I succeeded; If I had not succeed, I would not have been able to
be saying it.” The thespian added that she got pregnant as a result of the
incident and it took seven months for her mom to realize this which completely
surprised the family. She said: “My mother asked how it happened and I told her
everything; my brother picked a knife and wanted to kill me, but my mother
stopped him.
“It happened that the mother of the
boy that violated me was my mother’s friend; the boy’s mother was surprised but
the boy denied.
boy that violated me was my mother’s friend; the boy’s mother was surprised but
the boy denied.
“My mother took me to hospital to abort the
pregnancy with a plan of taking me to my grandmother’s place at Ogede to stay
for one week before returning home. “[But] I told her I may lose my life in the
process; and because she loved me, she then aborted the planned abortion; I
feel it was God that spoke through me.”
pregnancy with a plan of taking me to my grandmother’s place at Ogede to stay
for one week before returning home. “[But] I told her I may lose my life in the
process; and because she loved me, she then aborted the planned abortion; I
feel it was God that spoke through me.”
“Parents
should always listen to their children’s complaints on happenings both in and
outside the home,” she advised.
