"I was sexually abused & impregnated in Pry 6 by family friend' Nollywood actress Rita Edochie reveals

Nollywood actress, Rita Edochie has revealed
some shocking details about her life. Speaking
today in an interview with News Agency of
Nigeria after making an appearance at a
seminar to end violence against children, the
Nollywood veteran revealed how she was
sexually molested at a young age by a family
friend who went on to impregnate her.
“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 refused 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.”
She explained that the pregnancy was about
seven months before her mother noticed it.
“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 surprised but the boy denied.
“My mother took me to hospital to abort the
pregnancy with a plan 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.
Rita Edochie said her mother took care of the
baby while she went to school and called on
parents to communicate regularly with their children
“Parents should always listen to their children’s
complaints on happenings both in and outside the home.’’