Nollywood actress Victoria Inyama has tendered a heartfelt apology to the public over her circumcision comment.
Newsunplug reported a few days back that in an Instagram live session with Daddy Freeze, Victoria spoke about her love for female circumcision, recalling how she was circumcised while she was living in the village with her grandmother. Victoria declared that it was the best thing that had happened to her because it had given her power.
Her statement didn’t sit well with many who dragged her.
Speaking out in a video on Daddy Freeze’s Instagram page, she tendered an apology to the public, claiming she was uninformed about certain matters. According to her, she didn’t realise the gravity of it until she got calls from her close circles.
Victoria said that after talking with a midwife, she realised that her experience is nothing like what women go through today. She revealed that her prophetess told her she spent a week in the hospital because of it.
The veteran admitted that she was totally uninformed, is learning more about it, and will do better.
“A few weeks ago, on a talk show with Daddy Freeze, we were talking about issues like we always do, and I was just mentioning the root cause of certain issues and what I think or why I think it was done at that time. That’s where the FGM thing came up. Our ancestors thought that female circumcision would control the urges of women; unfortunately, I didn’t know the gravity of what it is in most places. FGM is bad. A midwife called me to explain this, and now I understand. It is nothing like what I went through; I never knew they stitched and thought it was just the basics. Even my prophetess in church, who is like my mother, told me she was in the hospital for a week over her episode, and she was only 15. For that to have happened to her and to everybody out there, I am sorry if my argument and comment came across as uninformed. Yes, I was totally uninformed about this FGM thing; now I am informed. So, now I am going to do better”.
