Nollywood veteran actress, Rita Edochie, is now the latest grandmother in the Nigerian entertainment industry. The actress who welcomed a grandchild from her daughter, Sheila in 2017, has now welcomed a baby girl.
Rita Edochie who shared news of the baby’s arrival on Instagram, wrote;
“My GREAT PEOPLE in the world please join me and thank GOD almighty my daughter Mrs Nkiru Ibekwe was delivered of a baby girl yester night 3rd May 2018. GOD take all glory ”
Rita Edochie made headlines in 2016, after she disclosed that she was unaware that she was pregnant when she was in primary six. Edochie told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in the interview that contrary to a story that she did not tell her mother about the pregnancy, she was not even aware of her situation.
“Though boy used diabolic means and sexually abused me; I was not aware, I could not tell exactly how it happened.
“I was not aware that I was pregnant then; I was so tiny.
“We were playing games in the school; the type that the instructor or referee will say `number one’ and pupils with number 1 would run and collect something.
“It was during the game that a fellow pupil insulted me that my tummy was like a breadfruit; I was angered and beat her up,” she said.
She explained that the lesson teacher then asked them to go home and bring their parents.
The actress said that she was a young innocent girl who could not tell lies to the mother or against the mother.
“When I got home, I told my mother what led to the fight; she then asked me to raise up my dress; I did and after examination, she said that I was pregnant.
