Spiritualist Angela Nwosu has opened up about a traumatic experience she says she suffered at the hands of her mother when she was 14.

According to Angela, her mother accused her of sleeping with a male friend, an allegation she denied. She said her father later held her down while her mother allegedly assaulted her with Cameroon pepper mixed with kerosene, causing severe pain and an injury.

Angela said the experience left her deeply traumatised and that she spent years blaming herself for what happened.

She also alleged that the injury later caused a persistent discharge and terrible odour, which led to further embarrassment at home and school.

Now a mother herself, Angela says the experience still affects how she disciplines her own children because she is determined not to repeat the cycle.

“I don’t want to end up like my mother. I don’t want to do to them what my mother did to me,” she said.

She added that despite being an adult, she still struggles to find closure over what happened.