Nollywood actress Victoria Inyama has tendered a heartfelt apology to the public over her circumcision comment.
Kemi Filani 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”.
Last year, during Annie Idibia’s crashed marriage to 2baba, Inyama told her that if she ever doubts herself, she should use her as a role model, noting how she rose from what life threw at her. Victoria admonished her to rule and reign, and that the universe was her oyster.
In 2024, Victoria spoke out about her crashed marriage to her ex-husband and father of her kids, Godwin Okrim. She recounted how he always brought his girlfriends to their matrimonial home to torment her and how he threatened to either kill her or put her in jail. Victoria alleged that her ex physically, mentally, and psychologically abused her, and at times, she always questioned what she did wrong to end up with him.
Elsewhere in the interview, she recounted how her ex-husband would always beat her anytime Manchester United lost a match. She said she still deals with the trauma to date and added that her son was aware of the trauma she went through, and they would laugh over it.
Recall that in an Instagram chat in 2020, she recounted the horrific experience she went through, and how her ex humiliated her and maltreated her. Inyama recounted how he fed their son food he was allergic to, dislocated the arms of their daughter, and arrested her in the presence of their kids.
Despite all she went through, Victoria stated that she doesn’t regret abandoning her acting career for her marriage because of the three kids they had.