Asake Settles With Father As Baby Mama Alleges Neglect

Fatai Odunsi, the father of top Nigerian singer, Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has said his son has agreed to buy him a house, settle his medical bills and take care of his daughter.

Odunsi aka Malo who is left paralysed in some parts of his body after suffering from a stroke and being unable to pay his medical bills called out Asake in a viral video on Thursday asking Nigerians to beg the artiste to assist him.

This is as Asake’s alleged Babymama, identified as Adijat, also accused the singer of neglecting her and their daughter, Zeenat.

In an interview with digital creator, Aki Abolade, popularly known as Mrlilgaga, on Sunday, Odunsi was seen praying for the singer as he expressed happiness, saying Asake had agreed to take care of all the issues raised.

Speaking in Yoruba, he expressed pride in Asake and showered him with prayers.

He added that he called out Asake because it had been a long time since he saw him.

‘’He (Asake) has said they should look for a house that he will buy for me and they have been looking for it since yesterday (Saturday). He has started doing it,” he said in Yoruba in the video posted by @Mrlilgaga on Instagram on Sunday.

“I’m proud of him,” he said when asked if he was proud of his son. “He will not be unfortunate, nothing will happen to him, and he will not go down.”

Speaking on why he was angry with his son, Odunsi said, “It was because I had not seen him in a long time. His mother ought to ask him, ‘When was the last time you saw your father?’ That was what infuriated me but we have settled everything. There is no fight anymore,” he said as he sang in proverbs, denoting that there was no fight anymore.

“He has reached out to me and he has said he will do everything I wanted,” he said as he sang again. “We have settled our issues. He has called and spoken with me, there is no issue again.”

Asake came under fire over the weekend as netizens and residents in the Isale Eko area of Lagos expressed disappointment over the artiste’s perceived neglect of his ailing father, Odunsi.

On Friday, a viral video that featured Odunsi, who identified himself as Asake’s father, stirred controversy on social media about the Lonely at the Top crooner.

In the video, Odunsi claimed he had not seen Asake since 2022, when his health began to deteriorate, and that he felt the need to publicly seek help.

Odunsi further alleged that despite Asake’s fame and success, the singer had not been financially supportive of him.

In response, Asake addressed the issue in a cryptic yet emotional message shared on TikTok.

Singing in Yoruba, he said, “You can’t please everyone, you can’t please the world. But anything you are doing, just do it for God.

“My own father wants to cajole me, and I have sent so much money to him. I have struggled for so many years, but they want to make life tire me.”

Amid the drama, Asake’s family broke their silence, not only addressing the allegations but also accusing the singer of neglecting his daughter, Zeenat, and her mother.

They urged Asake to take responsibility for his father’s welfare and expressed willingness to conduct a DNA test to determine the paternity of 11-year-old Zeenat.

A woman featured in the video made a direct appeal to the singer, saying, “I am begging you, Ololade Mr Money. He should come and do the needful.

“I’m begging you, Ololade Mr. Money. Even if Nigerians donate N10bn to this man, just N1m from Asake would make him happier.

“Please take care of your father. If you don’t want to support him directly, buy him a house in Isale Eko where he can earn rent income to survive.

“In this Isale Eko, you can see a house of N40m, N50m that you can build so that this man can be collecting rent. Also, if you are in doubt about Zeenat, the mother has agreed to a DNA test.”

The controversy took a new twist on Saturday when a lady identified simply as Adijat, who claimed to be Asake’s baby mama said the singer abandoned his 11-year-old daughter.

According to Adijat, the singer blocked her after he became famous and she attempted to get close to him and made him responsible for his daughter.

“I have an 11-year-old daughter for Asake. Before he became famous I always supported him. I sent him all my savings when he was at the University of Ife (Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife).

“Asake used to call me to thank me for standing by him, but now I have tried to reach out to Asake but he starts saying that I am forcing myself on him.

“He even said if I continued to disturb him, he would block me on all his socials like WhatsApp, and after Asake got famous, he sent N1m to me and his daughter,” Adijat said in Yoruba during a live chat on TikTok.