By Felicia Udeji
A viral video featuring a man, Fatai Odunsi, who claims to be the father of popular artist, Asake, has stirred controversy on social media since the early hours of Friday, March 14. In the video, Odunsi claimed he had not seen Asake since 2022, when his health began to deteriorate, and he now felt the need to speak help publicly. He pleaded with Nigerians for financial assistance, revealing that he has been battling a stroke since 2022. He further alleged that despite Asake’s fame and success, the singer has not been financially supportive of him.
According to reports making the rounds, it is allegedly that Asake’s father was an absent dad, who was never present in his life as a child and only showed up after the singer made it big.
While others claim he was the one who raised Asake and his mother was the one who was barely present.
Truth Live News investigations shows older videos of the singer gifting his father a car and also photos of them together in the not-so-distant past, having a father-son happy time.
It is however not clear what happened between then that caused the singer to distance himself from father.
Many Nigerians have adviced the singer to provide help for his father, irrespective of the kind of parent he was. While some condemn his father for bringing the issue to social media saying he should have sought other ways to settle issues with his son.
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