Nigerian actress and OAP, Lolo 1, bravely shares her painful experience of being sexually assaulted by a male colleague in the broadcasting industry. 😔💔
During an emotional episode of the Say My Piece podcast, she spoke about the lasting scars from the traumatic incident, expressing the fear of judgment that delayed her decision to speak out.
Her powerful revelation is sparking much-needed conversations about accountability and protection for women in media.
She said: “I hardly ever say this, and I am not even ready to tell the full story. The stories of sexual assault. When I discussed it with my daughter yesterday, she held my hand and said, ‘Mummy, you’ve gone through so much.’ And I said I had.
“I remember how many of those things I have to relive. I have been raped only once in my life, and I was raped by a colleague. I see him every other day. Do you know how traumatised I am? When I see him, I just get into this momentary panic.
“But if a woman of my calibre named him, he’s an established person in the broadcast industry, won’t people say, ‘How come I didn’t speak about it for all these six years until now that he’s taking a prominent TV position?’
“When sexual assault happens to women, the first thing to happen is denial. The next thing is self-blaming.”