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Drama reportedly unfolded during the burial of late gospel singer Omije Ojumi today after a man claiming to be the biological father of her child surfaced in an emotional phone call that stunned attendees.

In a viral video circulating online, the incident happened during the funeral rites where mourners were dressed in white to lay the singer to rest.

The man, who placed a call during the gathering, reportedly said he wanted to pay his last respects to Omije Ojumi before speaking with the children.

In the call, he introduced himself as their father and claimed he had been searching for them for years but was repeatedly blocked from having access by their mother.

In his words, he said:

“I’m your daddy and I’ve been looking for you. If you remember, I called your school years back when you were at Front Liner.

I spoke to you through the school line and told you not to tell your mummy because she wouldn’t allow me talk to you. I don’t know how she found out, but she took police to arrest all the teachers in the school,” he was heard saying.

The daughter, however, did not personally take the call.

Instead, a family member put the phone on speaker so she could hear him out, as emotions ran high at the scene.

The moment sparked mixed reactions among mourners, with some visibly uncomfortable as the call played out during such a sensitive time.

The situation has since generated heavy discussions online, with many questioning the timing of the call, while others expressed sympathy for the children caught in the middle of the situation.

Omije Ojumi passed away after a prolonged illness and was laid to rest amid tears, tributes, and heartfelt moments celebrating her life, music, and sacrifices as a mother.

Watch video below…

“I’m your daddy and have been looking for you. If you remember, I called your school years back when you were at Front Liner.

I spoke to you through the school line and told you not to tell your mummy because she wouldn’t allow me talk to you. I don’t know how she found out, but… https://t.co/KjPV3lxVRz pic.twitter.com/POeJaM1LY8

— Star Potter (@Starpotternews) January 29, 2026

ruggedtimi:
I don’t support the father’s actions. However, speaking from experience as a single father, whenever my daughter goes to stay with her mother, she rarely answers my calls and often lies about their location just to prevent me from accessing my child. Honestly, it’s not as easy as people think. Sometimes she makes it feel like we’re in a competition. Now imagine if your child doesn’t even live with you at all.

otipoju:
If not as they grow older you will become a stranger that is merely being tolerated in your own house.

After you do all this make sure you take care of your own physical and emotional needs as well and plan for living by yourself or with a caretaker as you age.

Women are something else entirely. But if you have enough money to thrive on, it won't be that bad.

dominique:
Imagine if the mother had not died and one of these children become a famous celebrity and wants nothing to do with him. He will go and start granting interviews and crying to the cameras that his children are avoiding him. How can you be alive and chose not to be actively involved in your children's lives?

All this talk about their mother blocking him from seeing them are bloody lies and utter balderdash. Did she lock them up in a vacuum chamber and made them inaccessible? You're in the same country for goodness sakes, why not take her to court if truly she was preventing you from seeing them?

She's dead now, you know she can't defend herself, you now want to use the same lame excuse men have been using for decades for refusing to be in their children's lives. Kolewerk!

dominique:
Imagine if the mother had not died and one of these children become a famous celebrity and wants nothing to do with him. He will go and start granting interviews and crying to the cameras that his children are avoiding him. How can you be alive and chose not to be actively involved in your children's lives?

All this talk about their mother blocking him from seeing them are bloody lies and utter balderdash. Did she lock them up in a vacuum chamber and made them inaccessible? You're in the same country for goodness sakes, why not take her to court if truly she was preventing you from seeing them?

She's dead now, you know she can't defend herself, you now want to use the same lame excuse men have been using for decades for refusing to be in their children's lives. Kolewerk!

dominique:
Imagine if the mother had not died and one of these children become a famous celebrity and wants nothing to do with him. He will go and start granting interviews and crying to the cameras that his children are avoiding him. How can you be alive and chose not to be actively involved in your children's lives?

All this talk about their mother blocking him from seeing them are bloody lies and utter balderdash. Did she lock them up in a vacuum chamber and made them inaccessible? You're in the same country for goodness sakes, why not take her to court if truly she was preventing you from seeing them?

She's dead now, you know she can't defend herself, you now want to use the same lame excuse men have been using for decades for refusing to be in their children's lives. Kolewerk!

ayoncox:
Unforgiveness can make one sick and die early

dominique:
Imagine if the mother had not died and one of these children become a famous celebrity and wants nothing to do with him. He will go and start granting interviews and crying to the cameras that his children are avoiding him. How can you be alive and chose not to be actively involved in your children's lives?

All this talk about their mother blocking him from seeing them are bloody lies and utter balderdash. Did she lock them up in a vacuum chamber and made them inaccessible? You're in the same country for goodness sakes, why not take her to court if truly she was preventing you from seeing them?

She's dead now, you know she can't defend herself, you now want to use the same lame excuse men have been using for decades for refusing to be in their children's lives. Kolewerk!

otipoju:
Even the ones wey we dey house will try poison the children against the father little by little.

If you are the kind of father that does not play with the children and has no bond with them, she will succeed in gradually turning them against you.

If you know you want a friendly relationship with your adult children., be involved in their lives as children
bathe them, feed them, buy what they need and directly give it to them, help them with their homework and be available for them to talk to you about their lives.

If not as they grow older you will become a stranger that is merely being tolerated in your own house.

After you do all this make sure you take care of your own physical and emotional needs as well and plan for living by yourself or with a caretaker as you age.

Women are something else entirely. But if you have enough money to thrive on, it won't be that bad.

dominique:
Imagine if the mother had not died and one of these children become a famous celebrity and wants nothing to do with him. He will go and start granting interviews and crying to the cameras that his children are avoiding him. How can you be alive and chose not to be actively involved in your children's lives?

All this talk about their mother blocking him from seeing them are bloody lies and utter balderdash. Did she lock them up in a vacuum chamber and made them inaccessible? You're in the same country for goodness sakes, why not take her to court if truly she was preventing you from seeing them?

She's dead now, you know she can't defend herself, you now want to use the same lame excuse men have been using for decades for refusing to be in their children's lives. Kolewerk!