How I intimidated a guy who wanted to rape me as a virgin – Actress Nkechi Blessing

A popular Nollywood actress, Nkechi Blessing has recalled how she would have been raped at the age of 17 years, but intimidated the guy and was let go.

In her narration, she said a sister of hers set her up with her boyfriend to confirm if she was still a virgin at that time.

She spoke in an interview with #WithChude, a media outfit hosted by Mr Chude Jideonwo, saying that her sibling didn’t believe that she was still a virgin because of her weirdness.

According to the film maker, their mother who raised them owns a beer parlour where all manner of people cones to drink, but she was strict on them and wouldn’t allow them to mess around.

“She (sister) invited me out with her boyfriend. I was cool with it but then it started to seem as though she wanted to set me up with her boyfriend to confirm if I was still a virgin or not. They brought drinks and I drank them. She stood up, left, and said she would be back.

“The guy stood up and sat beside me. My mind immediately went to the fact that my mother didn’t believe I was a virgin. I was scared to death but I knew I needed to do something.

“Next thing, I summed up the courage to leave and the guy held me down and said ‘you’re not going anywhere. Then, I asked him, ‘uncle, you wan to rape me?’ This statement startled him and then he let me go”, she narrated.

The actress in the interview imagined the harrowing experiences of victims of rape, stressing that she was motivated to become an advocate against rape.

On the Baba Ijesha case, she said, “I can only imagine what that 14-year old girl was going through. No sane human being will hear such a thing and be happy with it, unless he/she was also a child molester”.