Lesbianism was not rampant in our time – Former Super Falcons star, Stella Mbachu

Former Super Falcons star, Stella Mbachu, has shared her thoughts about some of the stereotypes attached to women’s football in the country and the world at large.

Stella Mbachu who talked about lesbianism in women’s football in an interview with Punch, said it wasn’t rampant during her playing days because coaches spoke against it.

She said;

“I can’t say if lesbianism was rampant or not during my playing days, but I can confirm that we had it at that time too.

“But the coaches at that time preached against it and discouraged us from the act, telling us the act is evil and we can’t use that to play football. Every player at that time was informed about it and the disadvantages of practicing lesbianism. That is why it was not that rampant in our time.”

On claims of women footballers not making good wives, Mbachu said;

“No, I don’t agree with that. We have Mercy Akide, a women’s football star and she is married. We have female footballers that are married and are good wives. The likes of Florence Omagbemi, Nkechi Egbe are married and are good wives to their husbands. It depends on what you want, not when you marry the wrong person.

“Just like every other person in marriage, when you don’t get your own person, it will give you a problem, both of you will not flow very well. But when you marry the person that you love and want to stay with, everything will work well.”