Victoria Inyama, the Nigerian actress, says female
circumcision, despite being traumatic, has helped her abstain from unwanted
s#xual intercourse.
Speaking during an Instagram live session with media
personality Daddy Freeze, the actress recalled the physical pain and trauma she
endured when she was circumcised at the age of five.
Although she described Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) as
“evil,” Inyama also called it “the best thing that happened to me”.
According to her, the procedure has helped her control
s#xual urges on several occasions, enabling her to stay true to her resolve.
“FGM is evil. You now have to deal with the consequences of
that thing, having a mind of its own. Yes, I was (circumcised). Because I grew
up in the village with my grandmother. But that is what is helping me. That is
the best thing that they did for me. I swear to God. If I say I no dey do, I no
dey do. And that is the power that I have,” she said.
“That is why nobody can say they have seen me in this hotel
or that hotel.
“At the age of five or six. They will give you some (kind
of) gin. When you take it, you will think you have fainted. They held me down.
It was a specialist person who did it. It was just a swipe.”
When asked why she did not circumcise her own children,
Inyama said she does not have absolute authority over such decisions regarding
them.
“I did not do it for the children. They are British. I will
agree if their father wanted to. Even though I have the trauma, I think that is
the best thing that happened to me,” she added.
Inyama was married to Godwin Okri. They tied the knot in
2003, but their union hit the rocks in 2018.
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