I WAS S*XUALLY ABUSED AND GOT PREGNANT IN PRIMARY 6’ ACTRESS RITA EDOCHIE REVEALS

Edochie who was a guest at a seminar to end violence against children called on parents to regularly communicate with their children.

She revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja.

According to her, she was sexually violated at a young age by a family friend.

“I was a victim of sexual abuse; that was when I was in primary six; I was going to the hospital and somebody called me. The boy used some diabolic means and sexually violated me; when I could not see my period, I refuse to tell my mother, because she was very strict,” she said.

She explained that the pregnancy was about seven months before her mother noticed it.