Adetutu OJ, popularly known as the ‘Tribal mark model’ has recounted on shocking experience she never told anyone
Speaking for the first time about a very dark part of her past, the model revealed that she became pregnant when she was a teenager but was too afraid to face her strict father.
Unable to overcome her fears, she ran away from home and soon began to sleep on the street.
According to Adetutu, she had informed the father of her child before running away from home and he told her to keep the pregnancy, however, the next time she went to his house, he had run off without leaving a trace or a contact with which to reach him.
The then pregnant teen said she had nowhere to go as relatives and family friends refused to help her for fear of her strict father. It wasn’t long before she became homeless.
She began to wander around, passing the nights in empty shops and sometimes getting drenched by the rain.
Just before she had her baby, she went to the Redeemed Christian Church of God where she saw a banner advertising a foundation for women in her condition. She called the number and it turned out to be a foundation run by Pastor Ituah Ighodalo.
He helped her register for WAEC and she began attending lessons while pregnant. She also sat for the WAEC exams when the time came. When her baby was born, they helped her put the baby up for foster care for 4 years.
After 4 years, when Adetutu was established to an extent, she went back for her child and they now live together.