Words:Adedosuv 'kenzy' Adekunle
When news broke of 2face’s alleged romance with Teniola (a Lagos banker), social media, critics and pundits went hard on the pop icon. The unconfirmed story published by Lagos based ‘Icon Weekly Magazine’ rode on the singer’s reputation as a womaniser and serial baby daddy. But 2face, who has since settled down with Annie Macauley simply dismissed the story as a rumour that wouldn’t ruin his marriage.
The Alleged Story ‘Icon Weekly can authoritatively inform you that as you read this, a young lady who works for one of the new generation banks, Teniola, is three months pregnant for this prince of African music! Did that hit you like Mike Tyson’s punch! Wait, more is coming. We gathered that Teniola who hails from Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State has been 2face’s account officer for a long time now. Did you say this sexual relationship could have been going on before his marriage? Teniola, a graduate of University of Lagos might just be another victim of the pressures marketers in the banking sector face to lure customers with everything they have, if you know what I mean.
The worst part of the story is that 2baba wants the pregnancy terminated! Our source revealed to us that he has been begging Teniola with a brand new car to get rid of the pregnancy and keep this scandal out of media radar. Has he stopped counting his children? I guess it is time to ask 2baba. Tuface Idibia has become notorious for making several children with different women who are not his wives! Tuface is the celebrity who has made Baby Mama culture the new norm in Nigeria.
When he decided to settle down with Annie, one of his Baby Mamas, many of his fans and critics were happy that finally he would become more responsible and sexually focus on his legal wife, Annie, but the latest report filtering into town concretely suggests that marriage cannot change this Benue born singer.’ 2face and Annie response Shortly after the news went viral, 2face in a series of tweets vehemently denied the allegation. He took to his twitter handle and wrote ‘The whole world knows I’m an open book. If anything happen, na me go first tell una’. He went on to write ‘Everybody make una see fake blog @africancelebspy with fake news trying to soil my reputation. God go judge una’. In another tweet, he sarcastically wrote ‘Ok make I give them news, I don give 8 virgins belle. How about that’. All through, 2face’s wife Annie never for once doubted her husband; she stood by him all through and even tweeted saying ‘people are trying to ruin their happiness’.
The 100m Naira lawsuit Not wanting his reputation to be tarnished, 2face sought to address the issue legally by slamming a hundred million naira lawsuit against ‘Icon Weekly magazine’. Sources told KREST that 2face sued the soft-sell magazine, ‘Icon Weekly’ for libel over the story they published claiming he impregnated a female banker in Lagos, just a few months after his elaborate marriage in Dubai.
Sources at the Ikeja High court revealed that Innocent ‘2face’ Idibia filed libel proceedings against the soft-sell magazine ‘Icon Weekly’, seeking the court to award him the sum of #100,000.000 (One Hundred Million Naira) as damages for the libellous publication posted on the magazine’s online and print platforms. Icon Weekly pleads with 2face, The weekly magazine has since tendered an apology to the star. According to Idibia’s label 960 Music group, ‘Icon Weekly has in a letter dated July 20, 2014, tendered an unreserved apology’. ‘Please note that the 960 Music Group offers Funding, Marketing, Promotions, Distribution and Label Management Services. Protecting our clients’ Intellectual Property and reputation are paramount as brand guardians.
The 960 Music Group will not tolerate Slander, Libel or any Intellectual Property infringements against our brands, artistes and/or Music. 2face looks forward to being allowed to focus on the business of making the music you have come to love him for, and thanks to his fans for their continued support’....
