A source based in Benue tells Pulse that the singer has not been in good terms with his kinsmen. The straw that however broke the camel's back was his inability to finance the building of a 'proper' family house to bury his late father.
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| 2FACE AND HIS MUM |
Nigerian singer 2face Idibia is
currently at war with the youths of his community who have accused him
and his mother of being disrespectful towards his kinsmen.
2face was in his village Amufu in Okpokwu
Local Government Area of Benue State last week, Thursday,
November, 6 and he was not well received by his kinsmen. An eye witness
in the village where 2face buried his father told Pulse
that the youth threatened to beat up 2face and kidnap his mother Mrs
Rose Idibia.
The eye witness revealed
that the youths were angry with 2face for not erecting a standard family
house where he was supposed to bury his dad. When his father died, Pulse
learnt that his kinsmen gave him some requirements that must be met
before burying his father. Some of the requirements were that 2face was
to build a proper family house in Amufu where his dad would be buried
and thereafter repair the road leading to the village for easy access
for guest coming for the burial.
2face according
to Pulse sources agreed to the requirements and started building a
house. The singer however stopped half way with the excuse that he had
ran out of money which made the kinsmen angry. Further investigation by
the elders of the family revealed that 2face’s mum had ordered his son
to stop the building project.
“It is common
knowledge that 2face’s mum ordered him to stop building the house. She
doesn’t see the need of him building a house in the village where he
won’t be visiting anytime soon. She also feels 2face’s uncle in the
village will take control of the house,” the source told Pulse.
Angry youths of the village made their displeasure
known to 2face and his mother immediately they entered the village for
the burial. They pelted 2face and his family with stones and made moves
to fight him, threatening to kidnap his mum.
They
threatened to stop the burial and demanded an audience with 2face’s mum
who with the help of the community’s Catholic Priest pleaded with the
kinsmen to allow the funeral to go on and promised to complete the
project after the burial. According to Pulse sources, 2face’s
mum denied ordering her son to stop the project.
“2face
is not liked here in his village and in the Idoma community as a whole
unlike the other two music stars Terry G and Blackface. Terry G for
example has a big house he built for his family here in the village even
when he hardly visits,” the source also said.
After his father was laid to rest, 2face was said to
have hurriedly left the village. Him and his mum were not hurt as there
were protected by tight security. His wife, Annie Idibia
and his manager Efe Omorogbe were also with him.
All efforts to get words from 2face’s publicist have
been unsuccessful as his phones were switched off as at time of this
report.
This is not the first time 2face is having
a run in with the youths of his community. In 2012 during the burial of
his grandmother, youths of the village made it known to him that he
wasn’t welcome in the village.
Last Christmas
during the Mark The Ball event organised by Senate
President David Mark in Otupko, 2face was also booed by the crowd.
