Popular Nigerian actress Iyabo Ojo, recently revealed she was r*ped five times in the past. The actress opened up in a recent episode of her YouTube series titled “Bare it all with I.Y”.
Iyabo said she was first r*ped by a non-family member when she was staying with her aunt before the second s*xual assault shortly after prompting her to run away from home.
The movie star added that she could not talk about it at the time because it was “taboo” telling people how one got r*ped.
“Like I said, yes I have been r^ped before. Not once but five times. And trust me when I say it wasn’t easy. The first time I was r***d, I was 14. It happened at my aunty’s house (not a family member). I didn’t want to talk about it because it was taboo to talk about it. I felt I would be blamed for everything that happened,” she said.
The actress said she was r*ped the third time by a neighbour, who happened to be a friend to Emmanuel, her first lover at the time.
“I cried my heart out. Then I pondered about telling my ex-boyfriend. My ex-boyfriend was a bad boy and I wouldn’t say I liked all the bad things he did. So I decided not to tell him because they might kill or do something terrible to him if I did. I didn’t want that because I didn’t want blood on my hands,” she said.
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Ojo said she was also r*ped by one of the armed robbers who had visited their house at Ikeja after she got married.
“The other one happened after I got married to my husband and had my kids, then we moved to Ikeja. I was r*ped by one of the armed robbers who came to our house. It’s not easy to talk about r**e. No matter how much you talk about it, you have to realise that it is painful, but you are not alone,” she added.
The actress explained that she had decided to share her story so as to encourage others who have had a similar experience to also speak up with a view to tackling the scourge in society.
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