Popular Nollywood actress, Eniola Ajao, has revealed the challenges she faced when she discovered she was pregnant at the age of 20.
Narrating her journey to motherhood, the actress stated that she hid the pregnancy due to societal expectations.
Speaking in an interview on the Talk To B podcast, the filmmaker recounted how she isolates herself to avoid being called “baby mama”.
“You know things aren’t what they used to be at that time. Getting pregnant at the age of 20 was a bit dramatic, because you just feel like the world is coming against you. You might probably want to die at a point, and you wouldn’t be able to get married again because of the stigma.
“You would want to hide it from your parents and the public because it was considered a thing of shame at that time. Not that it was a thing of shame for me, but it was considered to be early.”
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“Omotola got married at 18, lot of people married at 17, but where I come from, they want you to graduate, and do a couple of things. I was already in Yabatech when I got pregnant. I was hiding it. It’s just close friends and family members knew about it. Thinking that you may not get married, somebody calling you a baby mama, and you don’t want to get stigmatised”.
the 44-year-old actress gave birth to her son in May 2002.
In April, Eniola Ajao refuted claims that she was involved in EFCC’s arrest of Bobrisky.
Eniola’s reactions came months after Bobrisky blamed her for his arrest.
Bobrisky, who received the ‘Best Dressed Female’ award at Eniola’s movie premiere in March 2024, was sentenced to six months in jail after being arrested for naira abuse at the ceremony.
Speaking in an Instagram post after his release, Bobrisky attributed his problems to the award he received from the actress.
However, addressing the claim during her latest interview on Oyinmomotv on YouTube, the actress denied the allegation, stating that Bobrisky knew why he was arrested.
Eniola Ajao, who claimed that the crossdresser’s arrest was linked to many issues he was involved in, noted that her movie premiere was used as bait.
