The Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday summoned lawmaker, Natasha Osawaru, representing Egor Constituency, to appear before its Ethics and Privileges Committee within one week following the circulation of a viral video in which she was involved in a heated altercation with her husband, renowned Nigerian singer Innocent Ujah Idibia (2Baba).
The House said the lawmaker’s conduct had placed the Assembly in public disrepute, a position the Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, described as embarrassing” for the legislature.
“For the past one week, she has been, let me use the word, trending negatively, both on electronic media and social media platforms. Television such as TVC, Silverbird, and other television stations,” the Speaker told members during Tuesday’s plenary.
Agbebaku lamented that the incident and the attention it has drawn to the assembly were unbecoming of a lawmaker and warned that the matter could not be allowed to erode the House’s reputation.
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“Distinguished Members, of recent, this Honourable House, with cerebral and highly educated members, have been dragged to the mud for too long by our colleague, Honourable Natasha Irobosa Osawaru,” he said.
“We want to let the public know that this House is a decent and reputable House. In Nigeria, as a whole, this House is the best House. That is the truth. But we have responsible members in this House. Intelligent members in this House. Members that know what they are doing. So the attitude or the misconduct of a member cannot drag the House to disrepute.”
She is expected to appear before the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges within one week to explain herself. The committee will report back within two weeks.
The drama between the Edo lawmaker started after a viral London video involving her and 2Baba surfaced on social media. In the footage, filmed inside a shop in London, Natasha is heard confronting her husband and repeatedly raising her voice. The lawmaker’s words in the clip, which have been widely shared and discussed include: “Don’t do it. Don’t fucking do it! Na everyday you go dey shout for me? Wetin dey happen? Why are you raising your voice at me?”
The veteran singer was later seen handcuffed by police at Gatwick Airport in London. 2Baba’s former manager, Kaka Igbokwe, later confirmed the video was real.
Speaking on Daddy Freeze’s Instagram Live session on Monday evening, Igbokwe, who was part of the London tour team and on the same flight as the couple, stated that “everything you had the couple’s face-off was true.”
Recounting the incident, the singer’ former manager disclosed that the argument unfolded at London’s Gatwick Airport, stating that Natasha Osawaru, who is also an Edo State House of Assembly lawmaker, became upset when she felt 2Baba abandoned her after they landed, strolling away with fans who ushered him into a shop.
He said when the “African Queen” crooner realised his wife was left behind, he hurriedly ran back to her.
However, Igbokwe claimed that Natasha lashed out at 2baba, leading to the involvement of the police, who subsequently arrested and handcuffed the singer.
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Hours after the video circulated, another dispute unfolded publicly during Daddy Freeze’s Instagram Live broadcast. Former managers of 2Baba joined the session, alleging that Natasha was exerting unhealthy control over the singer.
One of them claimed: “That outburst was pure rage, from zero to 1000… same rage, same screaming.”
The live session ended abruptly when shouting believed to be between 2Baba and Natasha was heard in the background, causing the singer to cut the broadcast.
