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‘Free my son’, TuFace’s mother cries out, alleges artiste under Natasha Osawaru’s spell

“He’s clearly not in his right senses now. I know my son,” Mrs Idibia. “This is not him. Please, the bead you put on his hand and neck, remove them.”

• February 14, 2025
TuFace, Natasha hugging; TuFace's mother
TuFace, Natasha hugging; TuFace’s mother

“Free my son,” Rose Idibia, mother of star artiste TuFace, cries out to Edo lawmaker Natasha Osawaru.

Ms Osawaru is TuFace’s love interest, and the musician proposed to her recently while working out the divorce papers with his estranged wife, Annie Macaulay.

In an online video seen on Friday, TuFace’s mother said, “This message is for Ms Natasha Osawaru of Edo state. I’m calling on all mothers in Nigeria to help me beg her to free my son.

“He’s clearly not in his right senses now. I know my son. This is not him.

“Please, the bead you put on his hand and neck, remove them.”

This comes days after Tuface publicly professed his love for Ms Osawaru, and proposed to her amid the ongoing separation from Ms Macaulay.

The 49-year-old songwriter has yet to comment on his mother’s claim, and Ms Macaulay has not commented about the divorce and TuFace’s engagement.

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