Although he (now she) made history as the first Nigerian to transform
from male to female, Dapo cannot go a day without letting everyone
know how he detests God and how he thinks God does not exist. A
few days ago, she recently released her latest photographs looking
completely fair in complexion as against her dark complexion when
she was studying law in OAU.
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| Stephanie Rose, formerly known as Dapo Adaralegbe |
She was expelled from the school in 2001 over what was called an
identity crisis. Dapo has always been known to have the belief that
he is a ‘woman trapped in a man’s body’. This was one of the things
that made him relocate to the Netherlands after being expelled from
OAU.
There he was operated upon and his gender was changed from male
to female. He granted an interview before he travelled abroad. He
spoke about his life as a trans-sexual, how he is a woman trapped in
a man’s body and his ordeal as a student of OAU.
“I was studying Law at the Obafemi Awolowo University, (OAU), Ife. I
am of the 1995 set, but I had to leave school in 2001 because of
pressures. People were too harsh on me; they did not understand me
at all.
When I was in school, the school authorities got to know that I slept
with my fellow male students. There was also an incident when I had
to be admitted in the hospital. I was bleeding from the anus and I had
bad pile arising from sexual intercourse.
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“When the school got to know the kind of person I was, they sent me
to meet a Guidance Counselor, Professor Roger Makanjuola, who was
the Vice Chancellor, who took care of me. You know he is a renowned
Psychiatrist. He handled all issues relating to psychiatry with me.
He said I was okay and that nothing was wrong with my preferences,
sexual-wise. He said it was just because I lived in an environment
that did not tolerate that kind of behavior. He recommended that I
should meet another Guidance Counselor but I did not follow up. Even
at that, there seems to be very little assistance one can get medically
in Nigeria.
“After a time, I tried going back to school but they told me I have
stayed too long away from the system. I applied to change over to
University of Lagos (UNILAG) and OAU authorities promised to assist
with my transcripts, but they did not send it early, that was how I lost
the chance of changing to UNILAG. I eventually dropped out of
school.”
“I know this will shock you but I started having sex at the age of six.
I had this cousin of mine who used to bring his friend to our house.
He was the first to make love to me.
“Since I was small, I realized that I had this feeling that I was a
woman. I used to paint myself up and wear girls’ clothes. Nobody
stopped or cautioned me. My mother later died when I was 11 years
old. My father has other wives and no one particularly bothered
about me. I am the last child of my mother, she had four of us,” Dapo
reportedly said.
He said he intended to travel abroad and find true love, saying that all
the Nigerians he had been with were only interested in sex with him.
“I told you I started having sex at the age of six, but no one in my
family noticed the problem until I was 14 years old. My father is a
Professor of Education. My mother was also a Professor in the same
discipline. When my dad got to know, I think he was among the
people who made Professor Makanjuola to examine me.
“The truth is that I had gone too far, and I don’t want to talk about
my family in this issue. I have slept with a lot of people but my
problem is that they were not faithful to me.
They were not committed; we just have sex and they go away. I wish
to have a committed partner that is why I have been trying to get a
real lover, one that will care about me. In the alternative, I will like to
relocate abroad where my kind exist.
In the University, I had several lovers but they were not serious. I
have several men that I sleep with, I won’t mention their names. They
cut across the low and highly placed, just let’s leave it at that. What I
want is a committed partner. If I had a choice between getting cured
and going for a surgery that will change my sex to a woman, I will
prefer becoming a full woman.
“I am already a trans-sexual, the difference between me and other
homosexuals are that while they just have the preference for sleeping
with fellow men, I feel that I am a woman; I feel that someone should
be making love to me the way men do to women. Since I started
having sex, I am usually the female, the dormant partner. But do you
know that right now, I need two things; a lover that is committed to
me or help me to relocate out of this country,” he reportedly said.
His dreams however became a reality years later when Dapo found
his way to Europe where he underwent a plastic surgery that
transformed him into a complete woman.
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Posted by Adebayo A J