Halima Abubakar– I have been sexually harassed

MAYBE Halima Abubakar isn’t the saintly type but the sexy actress has proved times without number that she is, most often than not, on the level, when she’s put on the spot. 

 *What can you say about sexual harassment in the movie industry, and has it ever happened to you?

H/A– Won’t I be lying if I say nobody has harassed me? I’m a lady. It’s totally untrue when people say they've never been harassed.

*How were you able to scale through?

H/A– It might come in the form of “toasting”. I wasn't “blocked” now. While some will just tell you to your face. As a woman you have to respect yourself and set boundaries regardless of what people think. Some people think that sleeping with someone will give them what they’re looking for, but it doesn't  That’s the way I see life. You are not supposed to do anything (sleep with someone).

So what I do is, I look at the person’s face and tell him this is wrong, because I’m sure that aside from me, he will harass another person. The only easy way is to disgrace the person so that he will be shy to do that to the next person.

*You mean you disgrace the person?

H/A– Of course . My dear, I’m not there to joke, neither am I there to be rude to anybody. But you know, you meet some very rude people that don’t know how to talk.  So when you meet such people, you just give it back to them. You raise your voice and embarrass them, they won’t try it again.