Ex-Lawmaker Dino Melaye’s Wife Wades Into Pregnancy Scandal

                  Dino Melaye and Bisi Ibidapo Obe

Former Kogi lawmaker, Dino Melaye is in the news again, this time for allegedly impregnating Yoruba actress Bisi Ibidapo Obe, among other rumours concerning his sexual escapades.

In a recent magazine interview, Bisi Ibidapo Obe accused the ACN member of impregnating her, then later asking her to get an abortion. According to the actress, she met Melaye in April through a friend,Lola Alao. “We got to know each other and at a point I was scared because he was all over me. Over time, he showed me he meant well and we became good friends. Somehow, one thing led to the other and we started dating. He appeared nice, loving and showed me a lot of affection” she said.

The affair reportedly continued, but Ibidapo-Obe says while she was on a trip in Canada with fellow actresses Foluke Daramola and Moji Olaiya, she began noticing certain symptoms, prompting her to take a pregnancy test: “I can remember that it was Moji Olaiya that went to buy the pregnancy kit that later confirmed I was pregnant. Immediately, I called Dino in Nigeria and shared the news with him. He was excited about it and he told me he was looking forward to seeing me in Lagos soon. When I returned, he received me with joy and on an occasion he took me to his hometown, Kabba in Kogi State. He told me he wanted to marry me. He was so nice to me.”

Bisi claims they planned a big society wedding, only for the controversial politician to renege a few weeks later, saying he couldn’t go ahead with it as planned because his parents were clerics and it was against their practice to marry a pregnant bride, therefore she had to abort the pregnancy. “I was shocked. I wept uncontrollably all night” she said.

Bisi refused to abort the pregnancy, causing a rift with Melaye, who she says refused to see her or return her calls. She says friends who were sent to speak and plead with him to reconsider his decision didn’t make him change his mind. “Since June, Dino, never showed, he never came. He stopped picking my calls. But each time I tried to call him with another mobile number, he would pick the call, but as soon as he finds out I’m the one on the phone he will drop it. I have not wronged Dino, I have only chosen to do what is right to me but he sees it differently. I’m no longer a kid. It’s painful that such action is coming from a man who claims he loves the masses, the oppressed people of this country and he is oppressing me. “My fate is in the hands of God and He will see me through. I have not been working to earn any money but I have found favour before God and a couple of my friends. I know I’m not alone in this. God is with me” she concluded.

Reacting to the allegations, the former house of assembly member branded Bisi Ibidapo Obe a ‘serial liar’, asking friends and family not to be bothered by the rumours:

“I am not disturbed about slanderers, I also counsel my beloved friends not to be worried at all over this [sic] wicked lies from the pit of hell. I am more than capable to tackle liars and claimants. I am not distracted a bit about this joke and imaginary creation of a serial liar. Am not her 1st victim and may not be the last. Matthew 5:11-12 is clear. No slowing down, no loitering, no parking.”

In a swift response, one Moses Yomi Fabiyi, who claims to be Dino’s in-law is drumming up support for Bisi on twitter:

@mosesfabiyi: I am Barr. Moses Yomi Fabiyi from Ekinrin Adde in Ijumu

LGA in Kogi State. Dino happened to represent my constituency in the NASS

@mosesfabiyi: While in the house….he was busy buying the latest and exotic luxurious cars at the expense of giving back to the pple who sent u there

@mosesfabiyi: Little wonder the PDP refused 2give him ticket 2re run wc made him decamp to ACN & lost woefully on that platform. Seeing how things turned

@mosesfabiyi: Gals! Don’t be deceived by Dino Melaye’s lies…nigga is legally married to my sister(Tokunbo Melaye, née Fabiyi) & they hv 3 adorable kids. When u see Dino Melaye…. Tell him a certain Moses said he shd go fix his mess b4 coming to tell others how to rule Nigeria

In no time came yet another reaction, this time from Dino’s wife, Tokunbo Melaye, who, sources say, initially berated her husband publicly. She however seemed to have had a change of heart, as she stood by her man in spite of the allegations:

@ToksMel: I am solidly behind my Hubby. No shaking and pls! Enough with all the rumour mongering!

@ToksMel: As my Mum – Deaconess Fabiyi- will say ” Tokunbo, be a Fool for Jesus”……..I love you Mum. I miss you. Come back soon.

When we thought we had heard the last of this messy scandal, more tawdry news surfaced, alleging that Melaye had passed on an STD to another actress. In a email, allegedly sent to the Broadcasting Organization of Nigeria, another Yoruba actress also claimed to have had an affair with Dino Melaye. In the email, she fingered an unnamed popular actress as the person who introduced her to the lawmaker, below are the reported contents of the said letter.

“My name is ——–, I am an upcoming actress and I have featured in over 20 Yoruba films mostly as waka about. Last year, I met one of the big names in the industry who lives in Magodo and she became my friend and we were relating on sister basis. She was very nice to me and she even gave me a role in her movie directed by Muyideen and shot in Omole Estate.

On my birthday last year (2011), she (the big actress) used my picture on her bb (BlackBerry) and Hon. Dino saw it and begged that she hooked us up. She did but told me plain that she was not asking me to date him, that the choice was mine.

Hon Dino started wooing me, he will call for long hours and he changed my phone and at one instance gave me 250,000 to change my wardrobe. I asked Hon. Melaye if he was married and he said he was separated as he caught his wife in bed with another man in his matrimonial home.

One thing about Dino is that he hates CD (condom) and the first time we had sex, we argued for over 2 hours as I said no to unprotected sex but after some sweet talks, I agreed and we continue like that. It didn’t take long before I started feeling funny and when I told my sister, who was a doctor, she ran some tests on me and told me I had Syphilis.

I picked my phone and told Dino. This was the last time he picked my calls and he deleted me from his bbm. If he denies this, I will send you at least 3 of our hotel receipts bearing his name. I am [speaking] out because I know that there are more greedy girls like me and the rate at which Dino is going, he is a potential HIV carrier. Dino is very smooth and lies come to him easily.”

As it stands, we most certainly haven’t heard the last of this episode, but we gather that the chief accuser, Bisi Ibidapo Obe, who is set to be return to Canada to have the baby, has challenged Dino Melaye to a DNA test to back her claim. We’ll keep you updated as the story unfolds.

Dino Melaye and family