Edochie who was a guest at a seminar to end violence against
children called on parents to regularly communicate with their children.
Veteran Nollywood actress, Mrs Rita Edochie has revealed she was a victim of sexual abuse years ago.
Rita Edochie
Edochie who was a guest at a seminar to end violence against children called on parents to regularly communicate with their children.
She revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.
According to her, 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," she 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.
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 then called on parents to communicate regularly with their children and make them their best friends.
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