“I Was Sexually Molested by 25 Men While My Father Was With His Lover” Kemi Olunloyo Reveals

In a traumatic and shocking revelation, 60-year-old media personality Kemi Olunloyo shared her harrowing experience of being molested by 25 men during a violent protest in 1978.

Kemi is the daughter of the late former Governor of Oyo State, Dr. Victor Omololu Olunloyo.

She disclosed these details in a statement posted on her social media accounts on April 10, 2025.

“The day began with my family travelling to Lagos when a protest erupted over increased university fees. We were unaware of the chaos ahead as we drove in two cars. Rioters attacked us, smashing my brother’s head with a rock and throwing me onto the pavement. I was violently assaulted by the crowd, my cries going unheard,” Kemi recounted.

Kemi recalled being stripped naked and sexually assaulted while her father was allegedly engaged with his lover, identified as Akere, who she noted was married and the mother of her half-brother.

“My father preferred to be with his side chick, leaving us vulnerable during the attack. In that moment, I lost not just my virginity but also my sense of safety and trust,” she said.

The impact of the assault left her physically and emotionally scarred. “As a result, I struggled with partial sight and endured unimaginable pain. I blink rapidly due to the trauma. Some people have mocked me for it without understanding the depth of my experience,” she added.

She said her brother, Tayo, endured his trauma from the same protest, resulting in a life of paralysis after suffering severe injuries. “Tayo’s struggles with health were constant, and I was often left helpless as his condition deteriorated,” she shared, detailing the impact of the family’s tragedies on her mental health.

In her poignant message, Kemi reflected on how the trauma from that day shaped her life and choices. “This is why I do not participate in protests anymore. The violence I witnessed turned me away from activism in the streets,” she stated, calling for understanding and change in addressing sexual violence and trauma.

“No child should face this,” she concluded, urging society to confront the issues surrounding sexual assault and its lasting scars.

She said, “In 1978, during a student protest over increased university fees, I was raped by 25 men. I was just 13 years old.

That day, we were headed from Ibadan to Lagos, where my father, Dr. Victor Omololu Olunloyo then Nigeria’s newly appointed Minister of Science and Technologywas due to resume work. We were supposed to leave at 10 a.m., but he delayed our departure until 7 p.m. because, as I later learned, he was at his lover’s house. Her name was Akere—a married woman and mother of my half-brother, Gbenga Olunloyo.

“There were two cars in our convoy. Our driver had turned off the car radio, and without mobile phones or internet, we had no idea that protests had erupted on Ikorodu Road. As we approached, our vehicles were ambushed by enraged demonstrators. Stones shattered the windows. One struck my 8-year-old brother, Akintayo (Tayo), in the head. Our driver was killed instantly. The car was set ablaze.

“I was thrown out onto the concrete. Before I could recover, I was surrounded and stripped naked by a mob. At least 25 men molested and raped me. I was bleeding, screaming, but no one helped. The trauma damaged the motor coordination in one of my eyes. I have been blind in that eye ever since. People still mock the way I blink about 80 times per second without knowing why.

“I was rescued by a kind stranger who saw me on television. His wife bathed me, and the next day they brought me to LUTH. I received 16 stitches and was eventually reunited with my family.

“Tayo underwent brain surgery at Igbobi and survived, but he was paralyzed and remained in a wheelchair for 43 years. He was once the brightest among us, reciting the 9x table at age five. That bright light dimmed. He had no university education, no wife, no children just a lifetime of pain.

“Our family fractured. My sister Funke, who controls Tayo’s finances, withheld his medications and diverted funds sent by dignitaries like Obasanjo and Babangida. When Tayo died in 2021, I wasn’t invited to his memorial. I saw him last in 2019 and said, ‘A pade l’ayo’—that we’d meet again in joy. We never did.

“People wonder why I avoid protests. This is why. My trauma began during a so-called protest. I choose to speak on social media because the streets almost killed me.

“Some bloggers twisted my story, accusing my father of incest. That never happened. The truth is painful enough. My life, my trauma, and my silence have been misunderstood. But today, I speak so others may understand, and perhaps learn compassion.”