BBNaija’s Phyna opens up on having two abortions at the age of 19 and 24

The winner of the 2022 edition of the Big Brother Naija (BBN) reality TV show, ‘Level Up’ edition, Ijeoma Josephine Otabor aka Phyna has opened up on having two abortions at the age of 19 and 24.

The reality TV star made the revelation in an interview with Punch while she was asked about her tweet where she responded to a Twitter user calling her an “abortionist”.

While responding to the question, Phyna who also admitted to the Twitter user that she has had two abortions said that she comes from a family that is open as a whole.

“In my family as a whole, we are very open. People just read meaning to things and say whatever they want, I really don’t care. I was just laughing at their responses to me because those that know me know me, I am an open book.

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“I actually responded to that woman when she said ‘I can’t respond to you, you are an abortionist,’ and then I said yes that I have committed abortions. It is fine how people want to see me, I am not ashamed of anything about myself. If I ever make a mistake, I own up to my mistakes. When my dad called me about it, he asked why I said something like that, I just said ‘daddy I learnt it from you oo’.”

She continued: “As for my reasons for taking abortion pills, if there are 100 women in Nigeria today, 98 have done abortions. So, no one should judge me.

“I was in a 12-year relationship then and I was so young. The first abortion was when I was 19; I couldn’t go home to tell my parents that I was pregnant at that age. And the two pregnancies were so early like two to three weeks that I could just use tablets.

“The second was when I was 24, and I had finished serving then. I was ready to keep it but the relationship was getting toxic. He abused me and always beat me up. I said to myself that I couldn’t do this anymore, so I took it out and that was how I ended the relationship.”