Alex Unusual, a former contestant on Big Brother Naija, has candidly discussed her experiences with bullying and mislabeling.
During an interview on the Unpack podcast, Alex revealed the abuse and bullying she faced from both family members and school peers.
She described being unfairly branded as a thief and labeled as stubborn throughout her secondary school years.
Alex detailed how she was wrongly accused of attempting to harm pigs by providing them with clean water, an incident that resulted in additional false accusations and physical abuse.
She also recounted an episode where classmates assaulted her after falsely accusing her of stealing biscuits.
She said:
“I literally washed the pig’s buckets and gave them clean water. Then these pigs refused to drink water all day. And when they came back they accused me of trying to kill the pigs. saying it was intentional. That I knew what I was doing.
“The reason they were able to label me a thief was something they caused. They would punish me through the night and I would become the last person to leave the hostel the following morning.
“So when something is missing, it was me that they would hold. I went to class one day and everybody started to beat me. They asked me ‘Which biscuit did I eat in class today?’ I told them I had not even eaten all day. Everybody just landed on me. They now said somebody saw me eating biscuits in class.
“They opened my locker and found the provisions of one of the seniors in my corner. They started beating me that day and I called my mother and told her I did not do what they accused me of.
“A friend even asked me if I had the sickness of people who steal without knowing. They said they needed to take me to church for prayers.”
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