Upcoming Yoruba actress, Temitope Osoba has narrated how she was sexually harassed by her family member while growing up.
The actress who spoke in an interview with Biola Bayo on her Talkshow, Talk to B, said she moved out of her ‘toxic’ grandmother’s house to live with her uncle, but unfortunately, things turned out worse for her, as her uncle was sexually molesting her.
Temitope also recounted how she suffered depression due to her inability to make ends meet.
She said: “My grandmother came one day and arrested me and I decided I didn’t want to stay with her, so they took me to my uncle’s house. I started living with him and he started making some advances towards me, trying to harass me sexually. And I told myself, I couldn’t go through this again.
The relationship affected my acting career to some extent, but I picked up back. 2022/2023, the Devil tried, but he didn’t win.
I suffered from depression because things became difficult for me, I couldn’t meet my needs, people were looking up to me and I wasn’t working. It got to a point that I couldn’t sleep, had to put the Bible on my chest before I could sleep peacefully cause I would always see something in the dark. I stopped functioning, couldn’t eat, brush, bathe, and all.”
The level of sexual harassment in teenager is on the raise, only few are able to speak about it which has a detrimental impact on them.
Recently, celebrity fashion designer, Toyin Lawani recounted how she was rape and impregnated by her uncle at the age of 15.
