Popular Nigerian actress Iyabo Ojo, in an interview on the Talk to B podcast, shared some shocking experiences from her life as she narrated how she was raped a total of five different times.
While reiterating her strong opposition to rape, she said she wouldn’t spare even her own son if he were found guilty.
Ojo also opened up about her challenging childhood, growing up with her grandmother and facing the absence of her parents. Her father’s struggles with substance abuse added to the complexities of her upbringing.
Ojo’s disclosures, though outrageous, have demonstrated once more a resolve to shatter the wall of silence hanging around rape, standing firm in the face of popular excuses for such societal violence.