Nollywood veteran Bimbo Akintola has shared a deeply disturbing experience from her personal life — one that lasted nearly a decade and left her living in fear.

Speaking in a candid interview with Chude, the actress revealed that a man stalked her relentlessly for over nine years, bombarding her with calls and explicit messages that detailed what he wanted to do to her.

According to Akintola, the harassment became so intense that she received up to 50 phone calls a day, alongside deeply unsettling messages — sometimes every day, other times every other day. She chose not to tell her family, fearing the emotional toll it would take on her mother.

Then, without warning, the terror just stopped.

“I don’t know how it ended. I just noticed one day that he had stopped sending messages… He made me miserable… It was for a long period, constant, every day or every other day,” she recounted.

Despite years of stalking, Akintola was left without any explanation or closure.

Opinion: Her Story Is a Reminder That Stalking Is Not Entertainment — It’s Trauma

Too often, society treats stalking as a “dramatic love story,” especially when it’s directed at celebrities. People assume that attention — even dangerous attention — is simply the “price of fame.”

But Bimbo Akintola’s story reminds us that:

Stalking is psychological violence.
It steals peace, privacy and security.
It leaves scars that do not disappear just because it stops.

What is most heartbreaking is that she lived in silence — protecting her loved ones while suffering alone. Many others do the same, minimizing their fear because they believe no one will take them seriously until something worse happens.

Her courage to speak out today is not just about her past — it’s a wake-up call about the present:

Celebrities are human. Women deserve safety.
And stalking should never be reduced to gossip, “fan obsession,” or social media frenzy.

As fans, supporters, and a society, we must learn to draw the line between admiration and intrusion. Because nobody — no matter how famous — should have to survive nine years of terror before peace finally knocks.