RADIO HOST LOLO CLAIMS SHE WAS RAPED BY A COLLEAGUE

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Nigerian media personality and actress Omotunde Adebowale-David, popularly known as Lolo 1, has opened up about a traumatic sexual assault experience involving a male colleague in the broadcasting industry.

Speaking on a recent episode of the ‘Say My Piece’ podcast, which she co-hosts, Lolo disclosed that she was raped by the colleague, an experience that deeply affected her. She added that she is unable to share extensive details due to fears of being judged for not coming forward earlier.

She said: “I hardly ever say this, and I am not even ready to tell the full story. The stories of sexual assault. When I discussed it with my daughter yesterday, she held my hand and said, ‘Mummy, you’ve gone through so much.’ And I said I had.

“I remember how many of those things I have to relive. I have been raped only once in my life, and I was raped by a colleague. I see him every other day. Do you know how traumatised I am? When I see him, I just get into this momentary panic.

“But if a woman of my calibre named him, he’s an established person in the broadcast industry, won’t people say, ‘How come I didn’t speak about it for all these six years until now that he’s taking a prominent TV position?’

“When sexual assault happens to women, the first thing to happen is denial. The next thing is self-blaming.”