Popular Nigerian actress, Bolaji Aleem has opened up about her experience with sexual abuse while growing up.
TheNewsGuru.com(TNG) reports that Aleem while speaking in a recent interview on FeelRightNews TV recounted how she was molested at the age of nine by two men in her street.
The actress who was living with her grandmother said she did not report the incident because “I thought it was normal”.
“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,” she said.
“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.”