Nigerian music icon Innocent “2Baba” Idibia has appealed for calm, warning that the rumours and online reactions surrounding the reported crisis in his marriage are putting his wife, Natasha Osawaru, in danger.
This comes after the Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday summoned Osawaru — the lawmaker representing Egor constituency — to appear before its ethics and privileges committee over her conduct in a set of viral videos. She has been given one week to respond to the concerns raised.
The controversy stems from an Instagram Live session hosted by broadcaster Daddy Freeze, during which Osawaru and 2Baba were seen engaging in a tense exchange. The situation escalated further when the singer’s former managers, Kaka Igbokwe and Lori Tosan, joined the stream and discussed his arrest in London earlier this year.
Addressing the matter in a video posted on his Facebook fan page on Wednesday, 2Baba urged supporters and the public to de-escalate tensions, assuring that the issues would be resolved privately.
“This is getting out of hand and it’s a dangerous situation right now,” he said. “I know what fans can do, I know what people can do. I am perfectly okay. This is putting Natasha at risk. It’s not fair for anybody to do this kind of thing. I need everybody to calm down, I need everybody to ceasefire. We are going to resolve all these issues — people don get issues for house, no be today.”
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