*How Popular Islamic Artiste,
Ibrahim Labaeka, Snatched My Wife, Takes Custody of My 4 Children, Man Alleges
A Yoruba proverb says: “Iyawo ole l’angba,
enikan kii gba omo ole,” meaning, you can only snatch the wife of a helpless
man, you cannot take over his children. But that time-tested saying seems to
hold no water with popular Islamic artiste, Ibrahim Labaeka, going by the
findings in this story. Trust this online medium, Different Stroke Media; we never promote lies or half-truths. And
this same tradition of nothing but the truth was maintained in digging into the
details of this story of stark immorality on the part of one the people
expected not only to preach piety but also live by example. It is pertinent to
state at this point that when Different
Stroke Media first got wind of this story, it was through a third party who
happens to be a close friend to the gentleman affected but we took our time to
meet with the victim of the oppression himself, and heard from the horse’s
mouth before coming to town with the story, though that took us months to
achieve.
Now, the story in full. Anyone who
listens to Islamic music must be familiar with the name Ibrahim Labaeka. Yes,
he is the Ilorin, Kwara State, born, bred and based artiste who started making
waves in the Islamic gospel music industry, many years ago. But do you know
that the talented singer has relocated to Abeokuta, Ogun State? Though, reasons
for his relocation still remain sketchy, but we have it on good ground that,
his coming to Abeokuta has come with a major incident. And this has to do with
a grave allegation of his snatching another man’s wife and taking custody of
his 1,2,3,4 children, all at a go! Surprising? That’s the same feeling we had
when this exclusive story first came to our hearing. According to the fair complexioned
and good-looking husband of the snatched wife (names withheld), the genesis of
the whole story was when Labaeka came into town to inspect a flat just secured
for him as his new place of abode in Abeokuta. Unfortunately for the man, it
was the same building where Labaeka came to see that he had also been brought
to secure a new flat. Labaeka was to live upstairs and him, downstairs.
It is important to mention here that,
the location of the house is Kolobo, Abeokuta, and the man’s snatched wife, a
tailor, had her shop right opposite the building already. Meanwhile, the
snatched wife, the husband and their children were living in an area called Car
Wash, a far-flung area in Abeokuta. And it was due to the nagging by the wife
to her husband that her shop was too far away from the house that made the
husband who was a contractor with one of the major telecommunications company
in Nigeria at that time to decide to find another accommodation in a place
close to his wife’s shop. He felt, after all, he was always away from the house
because of business commitments and it would only be fair to do what would be
convenient for his wife. So, it was in the course of inspecting the would be
accommodation that the man’s path crossed with that of Labaeka at the same
building.
“I am a good fan of Labaeka’s music
and I have a lot of his albums at home that my children watch from time to
time. So, when I got to the place of the new accommodation and my children who
had gone with their mum to her shop came around me before Labaika arrived a few
minutes later, it was easy for my children to recognise him and they said, ‘daddy,
look at Labaeka’. And immediately, they ran to meet him. It was in the course
of asking for their names one after the other, that Labaika realised that, one
of them is also named Ibrahim, just like himself and he developed instant
liking for my son whom he called ‘my name-sake’. And few minutes later, my
children led Labaeka straight to their mum’s shop to let her know that Labaeka
was there. And that, unfortunately became the beginning of my misery,” he
lamented.
He said, Labaeka, obviously took
instant liking for his wife whom he described as being well-endowed in both the
posterior and exterior regions. Although, the man did not eventually rent the
house, but the damage had already been done. Labaeka on his own part, took
residence in the house and before the man would know what was happening,
stories started filtering to him that, his wife had been seeing Labaeka. And to
make situation worse, the man’s business ran down shortly after and that was occasioned
by his inability to live up to some of his responsibilities.
Hence, as you read
this, as confirmed by the man, his wife now lives, unabashedly, under the same
roof with Labaeka, as well as his 4 children. And all his effort to get them
back had remained abortive. It would also interest you to know that, Labaeka
would some time call the man on phone, reportedly, to make jest of him. “He
would tell me that if I feel like sleeping with my wife, there is chance for me
to come and do it in his house as he would give a room to us for that purpose.”
Meanwhile, all efforts to reach
Labaeka for his own side of the story have remained abortive as he would not
talk whenever he picked his calls or respond to text to texts messages sent to
him.
