Popular Yoruba gospel singer, Tope Alabi, is reportedly said to have a secret love child whose existence has recently been discovered.
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According to a report by Nigerian Films, the artiste who is married to her manager, Soji Alabi, had a child before entering the union which produced three children.
"Unknown to many, Tope Alabi has a love child though the child is now adopted by her husband who also doubles as her manager," a source disclosed.
It was further learnt that the singer's secret child (a 20-year-old female), was conceived when the Eru Ogo crooner was 24-years old, but the man responsible rejected it.
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Now in her mid forties, the gospel singer was a member of a Yoruba theater group as an aspiring actress when she met the father of the child.
"They didn't even court for long before the news got out that she was pregnant and if I must say a lot of us who were close to her couldn't believe the reports because she was known to be a very smart lady," the source added.
It was also disclosed that the entertainer met her husband, then a studio engineer some few years later when she went for one of her jingle recordings in Ikeja.
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