Abigail Igwe, the mother of Adaeze Yobo, a former beauty queen and wife of a former captain of the Super Eagles, Joseph Yobo, is back after a long absence from the spotlight.
Now in her mid-50s, Abigail first came to the limelight after her daughter won the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria beauty pageant. Her social status further got elevated when she started dating John Fashanu, a retired former Wimbledon and England striker. After divorcing their respective partners at the time, they decided to sign the dotted lines in 2011 at a marriage registry in Abuja. It was just the two of them and that was all that was needed. But had they been opportune to see the future before that day, they both would have been better off staying as friends. As it turned out, their marriage was very tumultuous. They had a very bitter and messy breakup that left their respective families hugely embarassed.
From allegations of kidnapping to death threats and unlawful possession of firearms, name it. While Abigail accused John of infidelity, claiming she walked in on him having a three-some with two other women, John insisted that he was the one that walked in on her cheating on him with another woman and having caught her in the act, she tried to kill him. In the end they eventually got divorced and both moved on with their lives.
While John busied himself with another romance, this time with an Abuja based broadcaster who dumped her popular husband for him, Abigail became a recluse, preferring her own company and sometimes, that of her daughter, grandchildren or very close friends. That was until about two weeks ago when she surfaced at a wedding ceremony held in Lagos, to the surprise of many. At first, she tried to stay calm and attempted to evade attention, but the atmosphere at the wedding and the mood of the wedding guests was too compelling to resist. She gave in to her inner child and let her hair down for a good time. Hopefully, she takes this as a sign to get out more often.
