Iyabo Ojo, the popular Nollywood actress has opened up on the reason she threw her weight behind comedienne Princess during the Baba Ijesha alleged rape case.
Iyabo during a recent interview cited her own personal experiences of being molested multiple times, which according to her, drove her to speak against the abuse, emphasising the need for societal change.
Iyabo who expressed her disappointment on how adults manipulated the story and attacked the victim and Princess, stressed the importance of setting a positive example as entertainers.
She stated that she holds her fellow entertainers to a higher standard, especially when it comes to issues like this, and feels strongly about calling out wrongdoing within the industry.
In her words: “I was taken aback when I saw adults manipulating the story and even coming for the child and Princess, and that made me know we have a long way to go in Nigeria.
“You’ll notice when I kick, I kick when my fellow entertainers do wrong, because I feel like we are supposed to do right by our people, that’s why we are entertainers. We are also evangelist because if we’re playing a bad role something bad must happen to the person playing the bad role, we are preaching, we cannot be preaching and doing the same bad thing that we’re telling people that is wrong, so for me it gets to me more when a known person does something wrong.”