Ifu Ennada, who was evicted with her strategic partner Leo, in the reality show, Big Brother Naija, recently told the story of how she was raped and went through depression.
She narrated her story against the backdrop of her declaration in the Big Brother Naija house that she had never had sex.
With the comment, many ardent viewers of the reality show believed that she presented herself as a virgin.
“No,” she said in a statement she released correcting the impression.
Her statement which is titled “My Virginity Story; Rape and Depression” was published on her Instagram page.
It reads: “When I was in the Big Brother house, emotions were raised when, during a Truth and dare game I said I’d not had sex. People interpreted that as me claiming to be a Virgin. The truth is in 2016 I was raped by someone in the entertainment industry, before then I was a virgin.
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“This person also infected me with an STI. I was also threatened by this person and was very sacred of social media’s bashing with the usual questions of ‘what was she wearing!’, ‘Why did she go to his house?’ So in all my sadness and depression I decided to tell the world what had happened to me using film as a medium.
“I was inspired to write and produce my film – Tears of a Broken Virgin. I got a lot of help from social media, people volunteered to work for me for free of charge, even my director, Benny Atagame Alli. Though some parts of my film are fiction, the bulk of it was inspired by my story. The lead character’s name is Ada which is a short form of my name Adanne – popularly pronounced as Ennada.
“Because of my sad experience I battled depression, developed trust issues and found it hard to connect to men. I wanted to tell my story and also pass a strong message to rape victims and rapists. I hope I was able to do that with my film. I intend to expand this into a feature length film. I hope everyone out there is inspired to stand up against rape.”
The statement has garnered a lot of support.
