Social media personality Izzy Gobeide has disclosed that she was trafficked to Italy as a teenager and worked as a prostitute for five years.
In an exclusive on the Naked Truth Show on SVTV AFRICA, the UK-based Nigerian disclosed that many Nigerian parents at the time did everything they could to get their kids abroad.
Izzy’s parents were no exception to this ‘trend’. Izzy noted that her parents were ignorant of the trafficker’s plan and bade her goodbye on the journey to what they believed was a good one.
“It was like a tradition to have a child abroad. That is the motive that makes some parents including, mine say you have to travel. You give your child to someone to take abroad. They (parents) were vulnerable and naive. If they actually understood the journey and what was happening there, my parents would never get involved in it,” she explained.
Moreover, Izzy told the host, Deloris, that she had sex with ten to thirty men daily and “it depended on how ‘hot’ you are,” she said. Izzy has always been vocal about her past and uses that to encourage people, especially, women with similar experiences.
Speaking on how the sex work affected her mentally, Izzy stated that “it has been a journey for me. It broke me down and shattered me. The people you met in Italy are as broken as you are. They were trafficked too. So you have no friends outside like here (UK).”
Izzy is a wife and a mother of two. According to Izzy, her husband is aware of her past and is okay with it.
