Popular gospel singer, Tope Alabi’s first daughter, Ayomiku, has said that the only father she knows is her mother’s husband, Soji Alabi.
This is following the recent paternity scandal involving the gospel singer and one Mayegun Olaoye, a man, who has gone online to claim he’s the biological father of Tope Alabi’s daughter, Ayomiku.
The man, Mayegun Olaoye went straight to make his paternity claim on Instagram in 2018 when he said the girl was twenty years old. He has shared multiple posts, claiming Ayomiku is his daughter. He has also been tagging Tope Alabi and some other persons to the posts.
Olaoye’s Instagram posts and photos:
Olaoye has recently been alleging that Tope Alabi had blocked every avenue for him to know his biological daughter in the past 22 years.
But the girl at the center of the claim, Ayomiku, in an interview with Punch, stated that she was not surprised about the development as her mother had since informed her about the man who is claiming to be her father.
Ayomiku, however, stressed that the only father that she has is Soji Alabi, who has been married to her mother for over two decades.
She said: “I will always know that my father is Soji Alabi. I do not know any other person and I have never met any other man. I cannot blatantly deny him because I have heard about him but I have never had anything to do with this man.”
“My mother never blocked the avenues for us to see. My mother even tried for me to have a relationship with him. I remember when I was about 15 years old, she used to tell me about him but he never tried to reach out to me.
“I am very grateful to God for the kind of mother and father that I have. After God, my parents are next in my life,” Ayomiku said.
“I cannot bear his surname. How can I bear the surname of someone that I have never met? There is no sense in that. I do not even know his surname. How can I bear the name of someone I have never met?
“God knows my real father and everyone knows who my real father is. I did not know this man when I was in crèche, daycare, primary, secondary or during my university days. I graduated and did not get a congratulatory message; absolutely nothing from him.
“So, there is no much story to tell. It is just a story about an irresponsible father and he is trying to cut every relationship he could ever build with his so-called daughter. I genuinely do not know why he is coming out after 22 years.”
Ayomiku stated that the only way she can grant Olaoye audience is if they meet in court and there is a judgment to that effect.
She said, “If the man wants to reach out to me to patch things up, it will be in court. I do not think that I want to patch things up with him but I know that I will definitely meet him in court if he ever wants to talk. It cannot be a civil matter because he did not make it a civil matter when he went to the social media to talk.”
Ayomiku says Olaoye’s public display has not affected her family in any way.
“I have spoken to my mother about it and we are all fine. It was not something that shocked us. He is not blackmailing the family but he is an example of a very terrible father,” Ayomiku said.
Photo: Tope Alabi, Punch, Instagram