Ms. Lami, the mother of Big Brother Naija All Stars winner Ilebaye Odiniya, has come out strongly to debunk claims made by her ex-husband that their daughter is involved in drug use and influenced her younger brother.
In a tearful chat with a news outlet, Ms. Lami described the allegations as “false” and accused Emmanuel Odiniya of fabricating stories to damage their daughter’s public image.
The controversy erupted after a viral voice recording by Ilebaye’s father, Emmanuel Odiniya, surfaced online. In the recording, he alleged that Ilebaye introduced harmful substances to her younger brother, which reportedly led to the boy’s expulsion from school. He further claimed that his daughter once advised him to divorce her mother.
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Fighting back through tears, Ms. Lami firmly denied the accusations:
“Ilebaye is not on drugs and she did not introduce her brothers to drugs. My not being in the house is because of the emotional abuse from the father always. We have been abused constantly in that house. Ilebaye is going through a lot — emotional abuse from the father. She is not on drugs.”
She argued that the timing of the claims appears suspicious, suggesting her ex-husband is trying to play the victim and deflect attention from recent videos that allegedly showed Ilebaye with a battered face following a physical altercation at his residence on Saturday, May 9.
Ms. Lami expressed deep trauma over the public dispute, particularly a father speaking against his own child and trying to move attention away from the fact that he abused her.
