Pregnant actress, Bisi Ibidapo-Obe has finally confirmed that
former Federal lawmaker; Dino Melaye is the father of the child she is
expecting. Bisi, whose friends besieged her Magodo, Lagos home
penultimate Sunday and had a baby shower for her did not only confide in some
of her friends but granted an interview to E24-7Magazine’s BIODUN
KUPOLUYI during which she confirmed the former lawmaker
as the father of the child she’s expecting. She admitted that though her
relationship with him was very brief and not planned to bring forth a baby but
fate and circumstance proved her wrong.
She also confirmed our story last week that that
she met the ex-lawmaker through another actress, Lola Alao. Please click to
continue.
” I actually met
Dino through Lola Alao sometime March or early April and honestly
speaking I was in need of help and Lola Alao promised she would introduce me to
someone who could help. The person turned out to be Dino. I actually visited
him in Abuja. He was actually forthcoming and helpful. I was not the only
one involved then but he took particular interest in me. We got to know
each other and at a point I was scared because he was all over me. Overtime, he
showed me he meant well and we became good friends.
“Somehow, one thing led to the other and we
started dating. He appeared nice, loving and showed me a lot of affection. He
was quite frequent in my Lagos house. I remember when he came to Lagos for the
birthday of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, I went to pick him from the airport to
my house. We were an item and it was known to a couple of our close
friends in the industry. Shortly after, I travelled to Canada and it was
while in Canada with my colleagues, Foluke Daramola and Moji Olaiya, that I
felt the symptoms of pregnancy. It started with the usual morning sickness. I
could not believe it. It was painful because I could not participate in all the
programmes lined up for us in Canada. I can remember that it was
Moji Olaiya that went to buy the pregnancy kit that later confirmed I was
pregnant. Immediately, I called Dino in Nigeria and shared the news with him.
He was excited about it and he told me he was looking forward to seeing me in
Lagos soon. When I returned, he received me with joy and on an occasion he took
me to his hometown, Kabba in Kogi State. He told me he wanted to marry me. He
was so nice to me.” The romance heightened over time, they became closer than
ever but somehow there was a dark cloud lurking in their stars.
“Sometime in May, I went to London, came
back and he called and said again that he actually wanted a big society
wedding for me but since his parents are clerics and the rules and regulation
of their church frowns at pregnant brides he would want me to get rid of
the pregnancy. I was shocked. I wept uncontrollably all night. Later, I called
him nd told him since that’s his new position, I will advise him to go to his
parents with another and marry. I’m not keen about society wedding but love to
keep the pregnancy and have my baby. He did not allow me to say my mind when he
dropped the phone. I called him severally but he refused to pick my calls. I
sent emissaries, friends to him but he refused to listen. His complaint,
according to my friends who took the courage to talk him was that I was rude.
You can imagine, Dino refused to understand; he failed to know that I’m no
longer a baby. This is my joy, joy unspeakable to me, something I have been
praying for and he wanted me to be funny with it. It’s ridiculous.” Since
June , Bisi told E24-7 MAGAZINE, Dino, never showed, he never came.
“He stopped picking my calls. But each time I
tried to call him with another mobile number, he would pick the call but
as soon as he finds out I’m the one on the phone he will drop it. I have
not wronged Dino, I have only chosen to do what is right to me but he sees it
differently. I’m no longer a kid. It’s painful that such action is
coming from a man who claims he loves the masses, the oppressed
people of this country and he is oppressing me. My fate is in the hands
of God and He will see me through. I have not been working to earn any money
but I have found favour before God and a couple of my friends. I know I’m not
alone in this. God is with me.”
Asked if Lola Alao had intervened, the Bisi
Omologbalogba fame actress said: “ I spoke with her; I pleaded with her to talk
to Dino. I was shocked when she told me that Dino said he was not responsible
for the pregnancy. I took her up on this. I asked her if she believed
him. I found it insulting that at my age I wouldn’t know who is responsible for
my pregnancy? But then, I’m not surprised because I have been fed with a
lot of information that Lola and Dino are dating now.”
Meanwhile, the baby shower held penultimate
Sunday was an exclusive affair for close family and friends. Bisi looked
awesome and charming as she is expecting her first child. Star
actresses, Faithia Balogun, Moji Olaiya, Iyabo
Ojo, Foluke Daramola and Kafila Sogunro were among
close friends that attended the baby shower. Though close
friends said Bisi due to travel to Canada to deliver soon have her fingers
crossed for a baby girl, said she will be happy about any sex.
Conspicuously absent was the man alleged to be the baby’s father, ex-federal
lawmaker, Dino Melaye. Melaye in an exclusive interview with E24-7 Magazine
published penultimate week denied the paternity.
He said it was “Africa Magic’s story” and
dismissed the actress’ claim that he is the father of the child she is
expecting as” an expression of fiction.”
Source: e247mag.com
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