Big Brother Season 7 winner Josephine Otabor, aka Phyna, has revealed the reasons she aborted two pregnancies.
The reality star admitted to having aborted two pregnancies in a Twitter conversation on 6 December, 2022.
Since then, many have been wondering what might have led to her decision.
In an exclusive interview with Punch, Phyna who is a hype lady, explained her decision, quenching many people’s curiosity.
She stated her age and the relationship she was in as the major reasons for the decision.
In her words: “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.”
Phyna also shared that she would not take such decisions now if she were faced with them because she now has the capacity to cater for a child.
“The way I am now, I have money to take care of 10 children. In fact, if my parents were rich at the time of my first pregnancy, I wouldn’t have aborted it.
“But because I knew I was from a very poor background, we used to eat once a day then, especially in the afternoon and then carry it till the next day. So, keeping the baby then, was no option for me.”
She started further that as a Catholic she has asked God for forgiveness and gone for confession.
Phyna said “she knows God has forgiven me. It is what God says that counts.
I don’t care what anybody thinks or says. I am not proud of committing abortion but the situation surrounding it was what I couldn’t help.
“For me, I do not see the essence of bringing children into this world when you are not ready. So, it’s either you abstain from sex, use protection or when it happens; you are either ready to chest the baby or take it out, especially when the situation is beyond you.
“Everybody has their own purpose behind their actions, just that there are some who are not scared of committing abortions at all, which is not good.”