A shocking video of how a young 18-year-old lady confidently defended that she was dating a man old enough to be her father has shocked many people on social media.
In a TikTok clip, an interview of how the young lady was beaten by soldiers after she had confessed to dating a man in his early 60s had many shuffling in their seats.
According to her, she had been dating the older man for a while now, and she has in fact aborted three pregnancies for him.
She defended that the reason why she was still in a relationship with the man was that he takes care of her and loves her and most importantly the things he does for and to her, her parents can’t do it.
After several pleas from her parents to end the relationship and she refused, her father decided to speak to soldiers to take her away and let her live with them in the barracks for a year so she can learn her lesson.
The soldiers came and asked her for the location of the man which she refused to reveal, however, the soldiers stated that one way or the other they were going to get the information out of her.
The story of ‘Runs girls’ in Nigerian Universities
In other news, “I know you will tag me bad,” she said. “It’s clear that everyone hates ‘Runs girls’. My friends hype me, but I hear what they say behind my back. Maybe if they stayed for weeks in school without money, they would understand.”
For Priscilla who has nothing to offer men but her body, in exchange for cash, her story reflects millions of girls indulging in Runs in tertiary Institutions. The quest to survive, peer pressure, greed, sexual harassment and victimisation has changed their perception about sex.
Favour, a student and entrepreneur said, “Back in my JUPEB class, I had a friend who was a Runs girl. People respected her for that reason. I think it gives them a sense of belonging, some high class status.”