Yoruba film actress, Bolaji Aleem has shared how she was sexually abused by older men when she was a child.
Naija News reports that the actress said she grew up living with her grandmother and did not tell anyone at the time, as she thought the situation was normal.
Aleem, in an interview with FeelRightNews TV, explained that when she was around nine or ten years old, some men in her neighbourhood would ask her to come into their homes while she was working on the streets.
This happened a few times, but she did not speak to her grandmother because she felt it would not be understood.
As she grew older, other men in the area tried similar approaches, but by then she was old enough to recognize the behaviour and avoided it.
“I was very pretty when I was younger. Older men above 35 years would ask me to come inside their houses whenever I was hawking on the streets. I was about 9 or 10 years old at that time.
“The men will play with my body. The men were pedophiles. I vividly remember 2 of them. They would play with my body and private parts and also ask me to play with their penis.
“This happened about three times but I couldn’t tell anyone because I thought it was normal. I was living with my grandma and I couldn’t explain to her what was happening because she wouldn’t understand.
“When I started getting mature, there were other men in my area who also wanted to do the same thing with me and they wanted me to come to their houses but I didn’t go. I was old enough to know what was happening.”
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