Nollywood actress, Rita Edochie has revealed some shocking details about
her life. Speaking today in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria
after making an appearance at a seminar to end violence against
children, the Nollywood veteran revealed how she was sexually molested
at a young age by a family friend who went on to impregnate her.
“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.
“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.”
She explained that the pregnancy was about seven months before her mother noticed it.
“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.
“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. 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.
Rita Edochie said her mother took care of
the baby while she went to school and called on parents to communicate regularly with their children
“Parents should always listen to their children’s complaints on happenings both in and outside the home.’’
Source: NAN
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