Popular gospel singer, Tope Alabi, has narrated how her mother cared for her during childhood days, she said her mum ensured she never bathed at the same time with any of her male siblings while growing up.
Tope Alabi who made the disclosure during an interview session with Punch, emphasised that her mom checks if her virginity was intact at every three months interval.
Hear her, “Yes, she did because she was also a singer. She always sang around the house. She believed that one didn’t have to be immoral simply because she is a singer. Every other member of my family was not pleased with my music career but my mother never took offence.
“She taught me that a female shouldn’t be too close to men. For example, I was never bathed at the same time with my male siblings. My mother used to check if my virginity was intact every three months interval before I got married; especially whenever I returned from movie locations.
“When I newly got married to my husband, we went to the National Theatre in Lagos to watch a movie and actors like Yinka Quadri, Ebun Oloyede, among others were there. When they saw my husband, they congratulated him and told him that he had chosen a good and exemplary wife.
“That made my husband quite happy. My mum was very strict and she never spared the rod. She also showed me a lot of motherly love.”