SH0CKING: How I was raped five times, - Popular Nollywood actress
chuks oti
Mar 15, 2021
Popular Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, has shared how she was raped five times.
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She recalled the first incident was when she was just 14.
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She spoke during a recent episode of her YouTube series titled 'Bare it all with I.Y' monitored by THE NATION.
The actress explained she decided to share her story to encourage others who have had a similar experience to speak up with a view to tackling rape and sexual violence in society.
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Iyabo Ojo narrated how she was first raped by a non-family member when she was staying with her aunt before witnessing the second sexual assault which led to seeking for safety elsewhere.
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"Like I said, yes I have been raped before. Not once but five times. And trust me when I say it wasn't easy.
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"The first time I was raped, I was 14. It happened at my aunty's house (not a family member).
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"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,ÔÇØ she said.
The actress said she was raped the third time by a neighbour, who happened to be a friend to Emmanuel, her first lover at the time.
Ojo said she was almost 18 at the time and had gone to visit his family members around the Obanikoro axis of Lagos where the neighbour offered to drop her off on her way back to Ikeja when she was living with her aunt.
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The entrepreneur said along the way, he had asked her if he could show her his house to which she approved as she never envisaged that he could hurt her.
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She, however, said on getting to his house, the neighbour raped her after several efforts to stop him proved abortive.
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"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.
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"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,ÔÇØ she said.
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Ojo said she was also raped by one of the armed robbers who invaded 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.
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"I was raped by one of the armed robbers who came to our house. It's not easy to talk about rape.
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"No matter how much you talk about it, you have to realise that it is painful, but you are not alone,ÔÇØ she revealed.
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