I was innocently following some indigenous celebrity news and
gossips on the internet on Friday, 13th of May, 2016 when the gist popped up
that a Nigerian lady with the name Uju Stella was harassing our very own reggae
and dance-hall artiste, Burna Boy for allegedly impregnating her and refusing to
take fatherly responsibilities for his actions. The rumour has refused to go
away with the highly endowed, light-skinned lady from the eastern part of
Nigeria revealing Burna Boy has been threatening to kill her which is an
indication that the baby is as unwanted as the removal of fuel subsidy by the
Federal Government.
One of the problems affecting the Nigerian society today is
the issue of lack of exemplary leadership in several spheres of life be it
political, social, family circle, religious, business and office facets as well
as others. Virtually every leader has some skeletons in his cupboard which is
against the code of conduct guiding the position he is occupying. In the
political sphere, it’s the rampant cancer of corruption which is invariably
'airborne' thereby making every individual susceptible to the syndrome. In the
social or entertainment circle which is my major focus, most of the Nigerian
celebrities are cocky brand ambassadors of moral decadence in the society.
The truth is, they leave nothing positive for their massive
social media followers and other fans to emulate. Nowadays in Nigeria, they
have successfully eroded away the dignity of marriage which our fore-fathers
cherished and protected against abuse.
It should be noted that in the real African setting, the
achievements of a man isn't complete without marital success but due to the
effects of globalization which has led to the importation of foreign ideas,
values and unfortunately ills, Nigerians go as far as flaunting single mothers
called 'Baby Mamas' just like assets as publicly declared by Kaduna Central
Senator, Shehu Sani in 2015.
The pioneer of the Baby mama Syndrome among the new age
artistes is our own legendary Innocent Idibia aka Tuface or 2Baba who holds the
ace in having several kids from different women before finally returning to
where he started from, Annie Macauley-Idibia. At a point, the African Queen hit
track singer grew in notoriety that barren women in Nigeria were almost nursing
the belief that Tuface possesses a special anointing that could cause pregnancy
among women by merely sniffing his body scent. Tuface's sexual prowess was
almost a match to his singing talent that put him in the limelight. When you
listen to banging tracks from Tuface like 'Enter the place' and
'Implication' attentively, you were
realize that the artiste who clocked 40 last year was actually bragging about
the terror unleashed on female folks from his waist region.
What baffles me about Tuface's baby spree is that his female
fans despite the publicized news of the Benue artiste's loose waist were
desperate to have a taste before his retirement from 'bedmantics' thereby
constituting a threat to the country by an unprecedented increase in population
against scarce resources.
The resultant effect was the procreation of 7 kids from 3
different women namely Annie Macauley, Sumbo Ajaba and Pero Adeniyi. In fact,
Tuface's marriage ceremony and honeymoon were a mere mockery of the events
because he had exhausted the HONEY and only went to the MOON on recess.
As a Social Scientist with a professional training of 6
years, I have come to realize that every public action has a contagious effect
especially when it is not viciously condemned by the society. It poses a great
threat to the younger generation who use the mistakes of their predecessors to
console themselves for their inadequacies.
General Tuface's sperm bazaar ushered in an influx of several
other Nigerian celebrities with cases of baby mamas namely: Burna Boy, Wande
Coal, Dprince, Wizkid, Davido, Olamide, Flavour Nabania, Reminisce, Timaya, Ice
Prince, Kayswitch, Tayo Faniran (Big Brother Africa), Oritsefemi, Terry G,
9ice, May D, Seun Kuti, IK Ogbonna, Patoranking and a host of others.
The abrupt way some of these public figures debunk the baby
mama news on social media coupled with the prolonged rejection of these women
speaks volume of how and where they met them. Majority of these celebrities met
these ladies in club houses probably as 'marketers', club visitors, desperate
fans and other social events. Some of the ladies were passed from one star to
the other due to her sexual expertise before one of the stars unfortunately got
hooked after holding tightly to the 'meat' due to its sweetness.
A background search also reveals the questionable characters
of the women in question drawing details from the revelations of Davido's baby
mama drama involving one Sophia Momodu who is the cousin of popular Ovation
publisher, Dele Momodu as well as Wizkid's rumoured babymama 2, Binta Diamond
Diallo who has been accused of being a regular club girl in the United States
of America. Unconfirmed reports have it that Binta has been gracing the beds of
several Nigerian celebrities before the 'Baba Nla' crooner invaded her
territory without a bullet proof and then got shot in the chest, now we can all
see the 'proof'.
Davido during a heated session of fracas accused Sophia of
sleeping with his father's friend. He accused her of smoking Indian hemp,
lacking future ambitions amongst other unspeakable claims.
One is forced to wonder why these Nigerian stars have
difficulties in dating career ladies despite the wealth they showcase on social
media and boast of in their songs. This accounts for the reason why they will
flaunt the babies on social media and virtually keep their mothers in the
'purdah' like the Islamic women in the northern parts of Nigeria. A daring and
vulgar indigenous rap artiste like Olamide aka Badoo hasn't hidden his love for
prostitutes which he often refers to as 'Oloshos' which is a street slang for
call girls.
Investigations have also shown that most of the Nigerian male
celebrities have unmanageable libidos compounded by their high alcohol intake
as well as the smoking of marijuana and other hard substances. This
automatically puts them beyond control like he-goats that just got off the
stake. This prompts them to at least sleep with a girl or two at social events
where they are scheduled to perform. Another baffling problem is their phobia
for condoms.
The scourge of HIV/AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted
Diseases in Nigeria seems not to be sending any caution signals to our public
figures who have been indiscriminately 'vandalizing' all female assets across
the world as far as their art can take them.
The ladies have become vulnerable to been relegated to mere
pleasure objects in the hands of these celebrities due to their beggarly and
opportunist mentality. The modern day Nigerian girl doesn't want to work. I
sincerely apologize to my readers if I am making an unwarranted generalization
here. Most of them don't even have dreams and aspirations. That aim is to look
beautiful to attract potential buyers/suitors who can meet their price tags.
They target social gatherings that attract these celebrities. They showcase all
manners of indecent clothes to give the interested persons an idea of their
sexual fantasies.
These ladies purposely prepare themselves for pregnancies for
the purpose of scooping a large chunk of the celebrity's wealth. According to
the father of Nigerian ace singer, Davido, 4 different ladies claimed to be
pregnant for his son but a DNA test proved otherwise. That was audacious of the
women to attempt to force the babies of another man on an innocent person. This
is an indication of the desperation of some young girls to reap where they
didn't sow.
Revelations from Davido's messy baby mama saga also reveals
he allegedly pays Sophie Momodu a sum of N300, 000 per month for her up-keep.
That's almost above what some top companies in Lagos state pay their workers
for their professional services. Invariably, 'Baby Mama' has become a job title
which is gender specific. Very soon, these women could gang-up and form a gold-digging
pressure group like the ‘Association of Baby Mamas of Nigerian Stars’ (ABMNS)
to protect their interests in the society.
I will suggest that the top commercial brands giving
life-changing endorsement deals to these celebrities should congregate and organize
sex education programmes for our entertainment figures. The exercise should
focus on the usage of condoms to prevented unwanted babies, spread of diseases
and the abuse of women that are good enough to be the dream women of other
Nigerians who are limited by financial constraints.
My fear is that marriage as an institution may soon lose its
virtuality in the Nigerian society as several ladies have complained of the comfortability
of men with having child/children outside wedlock. The wedding ring is now been
described as the smallest symbol of imprisonment which several young folks run
away from.
Our celebrities should set an impressive antecedence and
legacy for the younger generation as they are at the centre, being keenly
watched by innocent minds who can be easily corrupted with their actions and
inactions.
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