Nollywood actress, Omotola Ekeinde, has revealed that she has never voted or tried to in any of the country’s previous elections.
The 40-year-old said this on Thursday after collecting her Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC).
Omotola took to Instagram to share that the violent nature that characterised elections in Nigeria was the reason she stayed away from polling units.
“I’ve never Voted or tried to. It’s taken a lot to get here for me. As a kid, my mum beat me mercilessly for thinking of going near a voting point.
“There was violence and some neighbours died. Never broken out of that experience till today,” she wrote.
The celebrated actress recently took to Instagram to reflect on her past, saying she was never a reckless girl.
Omotola is the first born and only daughter in a family of five, the parents and two brothers.
Her first acting role was in the 1995 movie titled Venom of Justice, directed by Reginald Ebere who was cited as launching Omotola’s career.
She got her first big role in the critically acclaimed film Mortal Inheritance (1995).
Omotola is married to pilot Captain Matthew Ekeinde. With whom she has four children.
