Nollywood Actress, Iyabo Ojo, has taken to social media to narrate her experience of sexual violence, saying she was raped five times while growing up.

The actress disclosed this in an episode of: “Bare it all with I Y", where she revealed that she was first raped at the age of 14 but refused to tell anyone because it was like taboo to be raped at that time.

Her words:

“I know a lot of ladies who have been through what I have been through. I feel it is time for me to talk to them and make them understand that it is okay to talk about it. To let them know that it is not okay to be in the situation.

"Like I said, yes I have been raped before. Not once but five times. And trust me when I say it wasn’t easy. The first time I was raped, 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.

"And the second one, that was another terrible one that happened. And I still could not tell anybody in my family. I summoned a bit of courage to tell a friend of mine then and it was one of the reasons I ran away at a particular time. The whole family was looking for me and when they eventually found me, I still didn’t...CONTINUE

If you want to become more popular in Nigeria, claim to be a victim of rape, the market will sell.

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