Anita Erskine has shared an extensive post talking about the ‘fragile’ side of popular radio and tv personality Valentina Agyeiwaa also known as Afia Schwarzenegger which most social media users have not had the privilege to observe.

Award-winning women’s advocate, Anita Erskine has added her voice to celebrities seeking justice for fellow TV personality and actress, Afia Schwarzenegger, whose scandalous sexual video, allegedly recorded by her ex-husband, Lawrence Abrokwa for cheating went viral across all media platforms across the country.

In a video seeped online, Afia was seen crying and begging her ex-husband, Mr. Abrokwa who threatened to pour acid on her and her lover after he budged on them naked in bed.

Read the post below…….

Anita writes…

This morning, I spent some quality time with my friend Afia Schwarzenegger. We chatted about motherhood, woman hood, work/life balance, the media industry and everything else in between. We laughed at some things. But then, as naturally as the current environment would have it, our conversation glided into her life over the last 144 hours and counting!

A gorgeously hefty blend of humiliation, fear, confusion, emotional torture and above all, abandonment. Our conversation spotlighted everything from the night of the now famously infamous #AfiaAffairgate to the importance of teaching her daughter Pena different languages.

As much as I didn’t want to come off as a nosy reporter, my genuine zeal to discover and uncover stories for the sake of lifting my voice and roaring out the need to fight for justice for Women, reared its ugly head. And I asked the question of doom. “Afia what happened that day?” At first, she smiled…..and then as if the veins in her throat were about to burst, she began to speak.

Half way through, she broke down. I let her cry it out and waited a few minutes, distracting myself with her daughter, Pena, who was seated at my feet, happily distracted by cartoons. After a while, we resumed our conversation and spoke at length.

We spoke about second chances and purpose. Here’s what I learned this morning…..

1) If Journalists swore an Oath before assuming office or going out into the field of work, the way doctors and lawyers do, we would consciously research, powerfully inform, thoroughly follow through and aggressively protect the subjects of our stories.

2) Every human being, no matter how overtly and overly boisterous, seemingly nonchalant, can indeed hurt baldy and be broken into tiny pieces in a way that can have an eventual wholesome destruction if other parties don’t intervene.

3) Women, in particular, own what I call “The Skill to Create the Fabulous Art called Covering Up…” be it abuse, violence other anything that clearly poses as a threat to their lives.

For a very vocal generation, with the internet at our mercy, our silence is horribly loud! We maintain our silence about the truth that hurts us and would rather showcase a “forced” strength, camouflaged in laughter, smiles and terms of endearment, in order to protect and shield the ones we love (even when we know they don’t love us back). And we have to start speaking up loudly and fighting back harder. Here’s what I concluded after the hearty discussion with @queenafiaschwarzenegger.

Afia’s life is exactly that….her’s. It’s as simple as that. As a full grown adult, how she lives it and with whom for that matter, is her choice.

As a citizen, human being and Woman, her protection is our’s…….ESPECIALLY when a clearly domestic affair, has become a public circus.

She said something that hit and stung me into shame “If these threats were made towards any other woman and this video had been circulated with any other woman as the victim, every security agency, law enforcement body and social group would jump into action to protect her and prosecute the man….but I am Afia Schwarzenegger so you’re all going to sit, watch, laugh and say I deserve it….you forget that after everything is said and done, I am a human being and blood runs through my veins just like you.”




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13 COMMENTS

    • my bro,afia husband did nothing wrong.if u are married pls put ur foot in the guy’s shoe and u feel his pain.i dobt no which part of the world u live.but where i am,what the guy saw he can even kill afia and go free.its called passion.i wasn’t there when the incident happened but i dobt think the husband leak the video.i no afia very,very well she’s been bad through her childhood.

      • Pls, over what happened again and you will understand. Afia is no more married to that idiot so why should he jumped afia’s wall and get inside her house and threatened her with acid and forcing her to say things said by him after him.

  3. Her actions after the incident is inhuman .
    Where does our moral lies ? Nothing is no more shameful. This is a big lesson to everybody they way we the youth carry ourselves without respect to elders just because wealthy….Our culture forbid her character
    All is not lost she can used this preach moral

  4. You have a point, madam. but not when the victim is seen on social media pretending she doesn’t care about what has happened to her. she is urging people to circulate it more because that gives her pleasure. How are you going to demand justice for such a person? I had empathy for her until i saw her video again daring us to share the leaked video. how am i going to sympathize with such a lady.

  7. Everybody should stop accusing Efia, A man walks away from his matrimonial home for 3 month simply because he has an issue with the wife, what do you expect, the man should come public and tell us he never slept with any woman, you people should give us a break, a lot of women are dying some are going crazy because of how some of the men are treating us, we all want justice for her.

  9. Hmmmmm……… I really sympathize with u Afia, be strong nd invite Christ into ur life. At this time Afia needs our prayers more than anythn even though she went wrong . A lot of relationships out there are goin thru crazy times therefore let be watchful nd pray. It could be me, it could be you, wish you well Afia. let justice prevail.

  10. I was once advised by an elderly man, ‘every sin that a person commits against a man can be forgiven but there is ONLY ONE sin that if you commit against a man, HE would never forgive you!-Sleeping with his wife! Its practically very few people with extra ordinary courage who would after bonking his/her wife would sit unconcerned!-if any at all.
    Anita, do you have any idea what the gentleman -Afia’s former husband is going through as legally married husband? Have you experience same your self? Even being rumored alone that someone is pestering your wife, how is the feeling like? Much more seeing the action yourself!
    Doesn’t Afia know what she was doing and the implication subsequently? Inasmuch as i dont discourage your work, some of you – women activists clearly condone wrong doings and that has culminated into moral decadence engulfing our society today! Marriage which my parents solemnly entered and have kept the sanctity of it for over 40 years and still counting together has become an issue of right -that you can do anything of your choice which may including what Afia has done! Is that how our society was brought up?
    Anita, Please don’t pamper Afia at all. She has to be told the bitter truth that what she did was absolutely uncalled for, denigrating and disgusting as well.
    Before this incidence, was her husband media-notorious about her?, No. Its Afia’s action that triggered the man’s action! Please use the lenses of journalism very objectively and not on gender bias in the name woman right.
    Wrong is wrong simple !
    Afia’s alleged infidelity is engraved forever in peoples minds and is shameful!

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