Nollywood actress, Elvina Ibru,
has recounted how she was raped by armed robbers inside her boyfriend’s
apartment.
Elvina spoke of the
unfortunate experience in a chat with media personality, Chude Jideonwo.
According to Ibru, she was in
a relationship with someone at the time who did not have an apartment of his
own. Elvina disclosed that she was unable to visit him initially due to her
tight schedule, but had to squeeze out time after the numerous pressure from
him.
She said: “I was raped in my
boyfriend’s house; it wasn’t in my house. You see, that’s the problem I have,
people don’t put down what you said. It wasn’t in my own house.
“Back then, he (my boyfriend)
kept pressurizing me to come and spend the night with him. When I met him, he
was living in Benin. It was easy then because when he comes on weekends, he
would be in my house due to the fact that he did not have his own house.
“Then eventually, he moved to
Lagos because of me. However, he moved in with some people that already had a
family. So, it was still not convenient for me, how can I be sleeping with
someone that is still living with married people.
“So, he would stay there
during the week and on weekends, he would come to my place.
“I didn’t have any issue with
that. The problem started when he got his own apartment. The place was very far
around Abule Egba axis of Lagos.
“Due to my tight schedules, I
couldn’t visit him then. Then one day, he just called and said, I don’t blame
you, it’s because I’m a princess and his house is too humble for me. So, I just
had to visit him. Unfortunately, that was the day armed robbers came to the
apartment and I was raped.”
The 49-year-old also enjoined
people who have been sexually assaulted before not to be ashamed to share their
stories.
She said: “If you have been
raped before — either as a man or woman — it’s not your fault. And you should
never be ashamed to talk about it.”
