Nigeria full of rape apologists, says comedienne Princess
Popular comedienne, Damilola Adekoya aka Princess has argued that Nigeria is full of rape apologists and abusers.
She asserted this in an interview with popular media personality, Chude Jideonwo stating many rape victims are at risk of becoming abusers themselves, noting that the discussion isn’t something people aren’t ready to admit.
She said: “A lot of Nigerians are actually rapists and rape apologists. Let me tell you, out of every 10 children who are abused, 5 of them would probably become abusers if they were not adequately rehabilitated. Are we ready for that talk? Already people are defiling 3 months old, 9 months old.”
The comic personality expressed disappointment in people taking advantage of children and even the elderly, noting that things are going from bad to worse.
She charged Nigerians to observe developed countries and take note of how much they protect their children as well as their elderly.
Expressing rage, she said: “How can you rape a 78 year old woman in broad daylight? Where are we going? So what’s going to be next, I want to know when do we stop. That’s why I said we went from good, bad to sinister, this is a horror movie.
“Our children are our future, if we don’t stand for them, what do we gain? Any country that is progressing, watch them and learn how they take care of their elderly and children.
“I don’t care about your religion, our tradition, religion, Islam, and Christianity do not support you dehumanizing or abusing children. We have lost it! People will see a child being abused and they’ll walk away and say ‘It doesn’t concern me?’ What do you mean?! It concerns everybody.”
Princess spoke about her foster daughter, who was molested by popular actor Baba Ijesha who has been sentenced.
She noted that there were people trying to convince her to drop the case during the trial, but she blatantly refused.
The comic said: “And the fact that, over the years like I told you, when I even deal with people the way they come, “Aunty princess let’s just drop the case”, and some parents will even meet up with the perpetrators to negotiate a settlement. I saw one that they settled with a goat, it’s not done. It’s not done, we shouldn’t do this to our children, e go red o if we continue like this.”
She added that back in 2021 when the case was in court, she was constantly fearful of people when she realised some of them were out looking for the CCTV footage of Baba Ijesha molesting the 14-year-old.
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