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BBNaija: My father hit me with wires, knives – Venita opens up to Adekunle

Venita Akpofure, the BBNaija All-Stars housemate, has revealed that she experienced domestic violence as a child.The mother-of-two made this known while talking with her love interest, Adekunle, in Big Brother’s backyard. She…

Venita Akpofure, the BBNaija All-Stars housemate, has revealed that she experienced domestic violence as a child.
The mother-of-two made this known while talking with her love interest, Adekunle, in Big Brother’s backyard.

She confessed Mr Akpofure, her father, was very physically violent to her and also claimed her husband, Terna Tarka, also abused her.

Zeroing in on details, she divulged, “He will hit me with wires, objects, knives, and once he pushed me down the stairs and locked me outside for 3 hours”.

She added that during her introduction, he got drunk and gave a speech about how he often thought about apologising to her for his abusive nature.

The former video vixen, said her dad was harsh, and thought he was scolding her for good but, during his speech at her marriage introduction, he revealed she was the only one out of all his children he got physical with.

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Published August 14, 2023
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