Nollywood actor Jigan Babaoja has opened up about his troubled past, revealing that he used to express love to his ex-lover through merciless beatings. Speaking on "Talk to B," he shared the difficulties he faced growing up, spending his entire secondary school living alone, which significantly impacted him.
"During that period, I will tell you, throughout my secondary school, I was a virgin because there was nobody to talk to. Even the girlfriend I had at that time, the only way I felt I could show love to her was to beat her.
"That was what was in my mind at that time because I liked to show I had power as people used to follow me a lot then. So if I called her to come here and she did not come, I would beat her up mercilessly. I did not know what they called love.
Jigan Babaoja, Nigerian actor. source: Google"The only thing in my head was to fight. ‘I am talking to you and you are walking away, when I am talking to you, you have to listen to me,’ that was what I used to say then. ‘If I am talking you keep quiet and listen, I will just slap her severally,” Babaoja narrated.
“I pray God will forgive me. I remembered a lot of things I did to that girl, I am very very sorry. I did a lot of bad things. She was even my first girlfriend. Her name was Kemi, I did it to the point that I was very mean, I set a plank for her and she fell in the gutter. I was very wicked. I was not a peace-loving child, I swear, I was very wicked, I was a bad guy,” he expressed regret.
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