BBNaija S10: Imisi reveals how she got raped at 12

Big Brother Naija Season 10 housemate, Opeyemi Ayanwale, popularly known as Imisi, has shared a deeply emotional and personal story about her childhood.

While brainstorming for a task in the house, Imisi opened up about being sexually assaulted at the age of 12, an experience she described as both harrowing and life-altering.

She revealed that the trauma continues to affect her to this day, explaining that she struggles with being left alone in dark places because of the painful memories the incident evokes.

“The first time I was sent out from the house was when I was about 12. There was someone who took me in on the third day to his house, then his mom realised he had brought someone home, and then he took me to the church.

“In the church, there was a store room there, very dark. It was just me alone. Then he left. I don’t know if he had an idea that something was going to happen that night, because I didn’t have anywhere to go, and I couldn’t go back to my parents at that time. So I got raped. That was the first time I got raped in my life.

“I had to go to school the next day, then I was sent to go back home, then I got raped the second time, there in that same room.

“Then I later realised I was pregnant and I was just 13 years old. I had to abort the child.

“I feel like that is something that traumatises me every time I cannot be in a dark place alone,” Imisi recounted.