A-list gospel singer Tope Alabi trended on Thursday on social media after a video of her showing some funny moves, described as ” worldly”, surfaced online.
The dance moves, according to Nigerians, was “reckless” for a gospel singer like her.
But addressing her motives for dancing in such manner, in an interview with TVC, Alabi said she had to dance in that manner to celebrate her father’s life after death.
According to the gospel singer, the action took place during the thanksgiving ceremony, shortly after the christian wake organised for her late dad, Joseph Akinyele Obayomi, who died in December 2019.
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Earlier, she recounted how her parents almost believed that she would not be a blessing to them because of the way she lived her life while growing up .
Paying tribute to her father, the singer said: “I remember how receptively slow people thought I was; how overbearingly unassuming I was. I remember how stubborn I was too. Despite my receptive attitudes, I didn’t project the character of decency when I was growing. I would jump at any available ‘bolekaja’ and off I would go.”
