I am a girl of 16 and was born into a family of six. I lost my both parents at the age of 13 and after then I was asked to stay with my Fathers’ brother who happens to be my uncle. He has been so faithful and consistent in my needs and saw me through till I was through with my secondary school and about going to the university to continue with my studies. I intend reading medicine in the university but my dreams became shattered when my uncle started acting strange.

I never knew my uncle was a drunkard not until he came back drunk from where he went to and he started harassing me sexually, to me I taught maybe because of his state that was why he behaved the way he did but the same keep on persisting and I never allow him to have his way. Unfortunately he know said it is a tradition when a girl is between the ages of 15-17years, she is to make love to an elderly man from that particular community or else she will go mad or die. Since I didn’t grew-up in the village, I never knew the ethics and I was deceive by my uncle, since I was scared to die, I allowed him to make love to me and considering the fact that I was a virgin, for the first time I was bleeding all through.

Two months letter, I started to fill the symptoms of weakness on my body and I started adding weight. I spite everywhere and every little thing irritates me, I later told my uncle of my situation and he ask me  to go visit the hospital  where the doctor examine me and said that I was 2months pregnant. When I broke the news to my uncle knowing fully- well he was responsible, he said I should abort the pregnancy but I refuse.                                                                                                                                                                                            He used to have a doctor friend and deceive me to go along with him for check- up but I never knew he had a skeleton in his cupboard. He took me to the doctor and the doctor examined me and said if I should deliver this baby that I will lose my life at the expense of the baby because the baby is a pre-mature baby, so the only solution is to abort the baby or I die.

I accepted the doctor’s advice and went for the operation. During the operation, the baby was killed and not ending at that, I had a complication on my womb and my small intestine was pulled out from my anus. I was lucky to have survived death but I can no longer bear children because my womb was damaged. There is need for young people to be informed not to get deformed. If I had the necessary information at the tip of my finger, I wouldn’t have fall prey to my uncle’s trick.

BE WARNED!!!!