Nigerian gospel singer and evangelist Tope Alabi has revealed the key role her mother played in other not to compromise before she got married to her husband.
Tope Alabi has revealed that despite being a musician she was able to keep her virginity until she got married because of how strict her mother was.
According to Tope, her virginity was checked by her mother every three months to see if she has gone wild and also her mother never allowed her take her bath with her male siblings.
Although amongst all her family members her mother was the only on that supported her musical career but never supported going close to the male gender.
“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.” Tope Alabi revealed in an interview with Punchng.
