Popular
Nollywood actress, Mrs Rita Edochie said she was a victim of sexual abuse many
years ago and called on parents to regularly communicate with their children.
Edochie
revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on
Wednesday in Abuja.
Edochie,
who was a guest at a seminar to end violence against children, told NAN that
she was sexually violated at a young age by a family friend.
“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 refuse 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,’’ Edochie said.
She
explained that the pregnancy was about seven months before her mother noticed
it.
Edochie
added that her mother was shocked at the pregnancy because she thought her
being strict
would not allow such a thing to happen.
“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 surprise but the boy denied.
“My
mother took me to hospital to abort the pregnancy with a planned 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.
According
to the actress, ``my mother took care of the baby while I went to school; if
not for my mother I would not be where I am today.”
The
veteran actress called on parents to communicate regularly with their children
and make them their best friends.
`
`Parents
should always listen to their children’s complaints on happenings both in and
outside the home.”
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