Mercy Eke, the winner of the fourth season of BBNaija, confessed that her mother almost had an abortion before she was even born.
The reality star discussed this while being interviewed by the accomplished media figure Chude Jideonwo.
Mercy Eke claims her mother attempted an abortion.
The influencer from Imo claimed that one of her aunts had advised her mother to abort the pregnancy because she already has five children.
Her mother had concurred, and they had tried a number of traditional remedies to end the pregnancy, but none of them had worked.
Mercy said that her mom had recounted the story to her many years later, and was glad that her attempts to get rid of her never worked.
She said…
“When she [my mother] was pregnant, there is this aunty of mine…She [my mother] has already had five children then this last one which is me. She has four girls and one boy. So, when that my aunty came, she was like, ‘Ah! Emilia, is this another pregnancy? With all these children you’ve dumped here.’
“So, that thing messed with her [my mother] mental health. It really messed with her that she wanted to like get me out then. She was going to the farm, she would climb something you would fall so that I will go but me I stubborn na. I no go anywhere. I dey gidigba. Yeah, it was a true story. She wanted to get me off.
“One day, she [my mother] was like she wish that person was alive to see what that girl that she wanted to abort that time has grown to become. Yeah, that was how she told me the story.
She is happy with me. She is happy that she didn’t remove me or abort me. She is happy that I didn’t die. And she is happy she gave birth to me like she took that risk even without anything. Because now, my mother is one of the happiest people. My mother is just sleeping. She is enjoying life. She wake up, eats what she wants to eat. So, now she is happy.”