TUFACE CONTROVERSIAL GIFT,

There was so much hype around
the wedding of African Queen
exponent, Tuface Idibia to his
heartthrob, Annie. The wedding,
which kicked off with
traditional engagement held in Akwa Ibom State, ending up
with the exchange of vows at
the famous Jumeirah Beach
Resort, Dubai, has been the talk-
of-the-town. Indeed, from the
small towns to the big cities across the continent of Africa,
the Idibia wedding dominated
discussions. On the social media, pictures
and gist from the wedding
received likes, re-tweets and
thousands of comments.
Without a doubt, the
consternation of stars at the wedding got many dreaming of
stardom, it made lots of
youngsters wishing they had
talent that would make them as
famous as the bridegroom. Just
as the wedding generated never-before-seen adulation of
a Nigerian celebrity, it also has
created a major challenge for
Tuface, who until now was
regarded as the star of the
masses. Much unlike some of his
contemporaries who don’t hide
their love for the champagne
life, Tubaba, as he is fondly
called, never failed to criticize
the people in power for the fate of the less privileged. His
monster hit, E be Like Say is a
favorite of fans because of how
he took a swipe at government
in the song. Many would have
vowed that though the Benue- born singer belongs to the
money and power obsessed
world of showbiz, he is not the
one to sell out to people in the
corridors of power. Perhaps, this explains why he
displayed a short-lived
reluctance in accepting the
Toyota Prado SUV gift from
Governor Godswill Akpabio. His
wife, Annie received the car along with a N3 million cheque
to sponsor her family to Dubai.
Just as the dust caused by
Tuface’s new look on
government spending was
settling, word came in from the UAE that he was again given a $
46,000 Chevrolet Corvette by
the Senate President, David
Mark. The spokesperson to the
country’s No. 3 man, Kola
Ologbodiyan has since distanced
his principal from the
controversial gift, and those
who know Mark said he is not given to such extravagance. But
time will tell who exactly gave
Tuface the posh car. Though, Tuface has made
himself and lots of his fans
happy by tying the nuptial knot,
he just might have lost ardent
followers whom once held him
up as the humane, humble artiste who prefers to dine with
the masses than