Adetutu OJ, the model with prominent tribal marks who became popular
after she indicated interest to model for Rihanna, has spoken for the
first time about a very dark part of her past.During an interview with
LITV, the model said she became pregnant in her teens and was too afraid
to face her strict father, so she ran away from home and began to sleep
on the street.Adetutu informed the father of her child and he told her
to keep the pregnancy. However, the next time she went to his house, he
had moved without leaving a trace or a contact with which to reach
him.The pregnant teen said she had nowhere to go. Relatives and family
friends refused to help her for fear of her strict father ao she bega
homeless. She began to wander around, passing the nights in empty shops
and sometimes getting drenched by the rain. Just before she had her
baby, she went to the Redeemed Christian Church of God where she saw a
banner advertising a foundation for women in her condition. She called
the number and it turned out to be a foundation run by Pastor Ituah
Ighodalo.He helped her register for WAEC and she began attending lessons
while pregnant. She also sat for the WAEC exams when the time came.
When her baby was born, they helped her put the baby up for foster care
for 4 years.After 4 years, when Adetutu was established to an extent,
she went back for her child and they now live together.Listen to her
narrate this painful part of her past to LITV in the video below.
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