They brought water of my dad’s corpse for my mom to drink – Founder of Tonia Bruised

NIGERIA – When she initially told her mother about the rape, she didn’t believe her, according to Anthonia Ojenagbon, the founder of the Tonia Bruised But Not Broken Rape Survivors Foundation.

exposed that she had been molested by her uncle. She said it was because her uncle was instrumental in protecting her mother following her father’s passing.

Ojenagbon told Punch in a report on Saturday, August 30, 2025, that her mother was only 37 years old when her father passed away at the age of 46.

old, and subjected to cruel cultural norms by his family. To show that she was not responsible for her father’s death, she claimed that they attempted to force her mother to drink the water used to wash his body. However, her uncle opposed it. As part of the mourning rituals, he also forbade them from shaving her head.

Her mother believed that her uncle was a kind and trustworthy guy as a result of these events, according to Ojenagbon. When she told her mother about how her uncle had molested her, she claimed that her mother believed she was merely attempting to ruin his reputation.

As stated by Ojenagbon, they carried the water from my father’s corpse so that my mother might drink it in order to demonstrate that she did not murder him. He informed them that my mother was a Christian and would never do it…CONTINUE MORE READING>>>