Mercy Eke said her mum took the decision, after she was chastised for getting pregnant after having 5 kids
By Kehinde Okeowo
Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) season 4 winner, Mercy Eke, has revealed she miraculously survived attempts by her mother to get rid of her while in her womb.
The 32-year-old made this known recently during a chat with popular media personality, Chude Jideonwo.
According to her, her mum decided to abort her after her sister who came to visit, chastised her for getting pregnant after having five children.
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Mercy, who claimed she is the sixth child, said the conversation affected her mother’s mental health and led her to make several attempts to terminate the pregnancy.
Speaking during the interview, 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 get me out then. Whenever she goes to the farm, she would climb something and 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.”
The reality star went on to tell the host of the show that she learnt about her mother’s attempts to terminate her pregnancy recently, after she told her the story.
“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 wakes up, eats what she wants to eat. So, now she is happy.” Mercy Eke added
