Nigerian artist 2Baba – real name Innocent Idibia – has made headlines this week for confirming his divorce from wife and Young, Famous & African co-star Annie Macaulay-Idibia.
He’s also known for fathering numerous children to other women during his marriage to the model and media personality.
2BABA AND ANNIE MACAULAY-IDBIA DIVORCE LATEST
Over the weekend, 2Baba posted a since-deleted Instagram Story announcing his split from his wife, Annie Macaulay-Idibia.
In it, the Nigerian pop star claimed that he had been separated from his Young, Famous & African co-star and that they were in the midst of filing for divorce.
However, a follow-up Story had fans confused after 2Baba claimed his account had been “hacked.” Bizarrely, he later confirmed in a video post that it was not, in fact, hacked.
“I said what I said,” he said in the clip.
Annie has made no mention of the bombshell news on her own accounts.
WHO ARE HIS CHILDREN, BABY MAMAS?
While 2Baba is known for his music, he also has developed a reputation for fathering multiple children to different women.
Here is a list of them…
SUMBO ADEOYE (NEE AJABA)
Whilst Annie Idibia claimed she met 2Baba first, the entertainer went on to date student Sumbo Ajaba back in 2006, who is the mother of two of his sons, Nino and Zion. Sumbo – who is now the wife of a pastor – spoke at great length about her romance with 2Baba in a 2016 interview with Pulse Nigeria.
While she was pregnant with the couple’s first child, 2Baba impregnated another woman. He later reconciled with Sumbo.
She told the publication: “His mum talked me into living with him so he won’t have more women and babies. We lived together for three years, and that was how the second pregnancy [with son Zion in 2008] happened”.
PERO ADENIYI
Whilst 2Baba was in a relationship with Sumbo, he began dating make-up artist Pero, who reportedly left her own husband to pursue an affair with him.
In 2006, the couple welcomed the star’s first daughter, Ehi.
2Baba and Pero would go on to have two more children during their on/off relationship spanning several years.
After 2Baba was dumped by Sumbo in 2009, he fathered a fourth and fifth child, sons Innocent and Justin, with Pero in 2012 and 2013.
ANNIE MACAULAY
Annie and 2Baba were first linked in 2004, after she starred as the video vixen in his music video for his track African Queen.
Whilst 2Baba was still entangled with Sumbo and Pero, he fathered his first child with Annie in 2008 – a daughter named Isabella.
At that time, he already had four children with his other baby mamas.
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2Baba and Annie married in 2012 in an intimate ceremony. In 2013, the couple had two more weddings; a traditional one in Nigeria and a white wedding in Dubai for celebrity friends and family members.
In 2014, Annie and 2Baba had their second daughter together; Olivia.
‘I’M SORRY FOR THE EMBARRASSMENT’
According to reports, 2Baba fathered his 8th child with an unknown woman in 2022.
The muso issued a public apology to Annie for another infidelity.
He posted on Instagram: “This is no stunt.
“I’m sorry for all the embarrassment I’ve caused my wife, my kids, my mother and all our families, and my management team.
He added: “I’m not looking for sympathy. I’m not trying to make myself look good. I simply just don’t want to be the one that always apologises.
“I’ve been a father, husband and baby daddy. I have no excuses.”