Nigerian media personality and actress Omotunde Adebowale-David, known as Lolo 1, has bravely shared her traumatic experience of sexual assault by a male colleague in the broadcasting industry.
In a recent episode of her podcast, “Say My Piece,” Lolo revealed that she was raped by a colleague, an ordeal that left her traumatized.
Lolo explained that she cannot provide many details about the incident due to concerns that she might be criticized for not speaking out sooner.
“A woman like me, I hardly would say this and I am not ready to tell the story. I have been raped only once in my life and I was raped by our colleague. I see him every other day. Do you know how traumatised I am?” she said.
“When I see him, I just get into this momentary panic mode but if a woman of my caliber names him, he is an established person in the broadcast circle, would people not say how come Lolo did not speak about it for all these six years?
“It is now that he is taking a prominent TV position she is speaking. When sexual assault happens to women, the first thing that happens to a woman is denial ‘this did not happen’.
“The next thing is self crucifixtion, ‘I caused it for myself, how did I allow it happen? What could I have done?’. All these are happening as you are processing.”