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I opted for surrogacy to avoid baby daddy drama –Ini Edo

 Ini Edo

Popular actress, Ini Edo, has said that she decided to go the surrogacy route to have her child in order to avoid the drama that usually accompanies single parenthood.

In an interview with a popular blogger, Stella Dimoko Korkus, the 39-year-old said, “I opted for a donor for me and my baby’s peace of mind. Ideally, it should be marriage before children but we are not living in an ideal world. Another reason I opted for a donor is because it scares me so much when I see banter and controversies between a mother and a father over a baby on public forums or when I see the man insisting that he wants his child if things do not work out between both parties. For me, it is the fear of what that would mean for the child. I am not someone who allows any situation control me. I make lemonades out of lemons thrown my way and have no regrets. Life itself is so fragile and short to be striving for perfection. I am well and capable of taking care of my child as I have been taking care of myself. I wanted a child and I thank God for the options of surrogacy and donors.”

Admitting that she had a child about a year ago, she said, “Yes, I do have a daughter and I had her through surrogacy. I was hoping to talk about her on her first birthday (which comes) in a few months but mischief-makers beat me to it and spoilt the beautiful story with lies. The eggs are mine, so genetically, she is my blood. I chose this path to fulfill my dream of becoming a mother. I still have a good number of eggs frozen in case I decide to do surrogacy again or carry my baby myself.”

Reacting to allegations about her child’s father being a married man identified as Kome, the actress said, “It is so sad that in Nigeria when a single woman is friends with a guy, it must mean to people that they are dating. Kome has been my friend for years and that’s what it is, period. He is a responsible family man and doesn’t deserve to be dragged into my motherhood story.”

The actress also opened up about her past miscarriages while pointing out that it did not influence her decision on surrogacy. “I had a series of miscarriages in the past but that was not my reason for going this route. I still hope to carry babies in my womb in the future, God willing.”

POLITICAL NOTES

Ganduje: Unpretentiously Primitive!

 If it’s about looks, then, you wouldn’t rate the Kano State Governor, Abdulhahi Ganduje. His look does not typify his very poor essence. Better described as unassuming, he is unfortunately, the opposite of his personae. Even for the optics, he can’t do better than himself.

Sadly, for a man who had spent roughly some 22 years in public office, both as deputy and substantive head, this Kano State governor has clearly learnt nothing about or admitted that power is indeed transient. He suffers sweeping insecurity as much as he boasts huge complex.

From his narrow and primitive mindset to his evidently vindictive disposition, how a character like Ganduje made it to such sensitive and high public office should elicit some interest in political science scholars. That education doesn’t reflect in his character is not even the problem but the fact that he isn’t pushing for attitudinal changes is confounding.

Thus, for anyone very much familiar with this side of Ganduje, it was a sure bet he’d come after some persons in the state immediately a Kano High Court, last Tuesday, sacked the governor-backed faction of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state and upheld one supported by a former governor of the state, Senator Ibrahim Shekarau.

Not long after, the campaign office of Senator Barau Jibril, the lawmaker representing Kano North, who is also an intending governorship hopeful in the state, was attacked and burnt by thugs, allegedly sympathetic to the state. Although the state government had denied this, expectedly, the police too have reportedly arrested some 13 people in connection.

And for anyone, who closely followed the governor’s feud with the recently deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, till he was removed from office, some of the current developments in the state are not too far from what he is capable of doing. His disagreement with Sanusi was purely one stoked by his inferiority complex – for Sanusi’s awesome, elegant and dignified carriage.

What’s even the more worrisome is the fact that Kano is volatile and a flashpoint state to watch out for in 2023 as with previous elections. Therefore, for the governor’s hands to be identified in some of these unsavoury happenings means the unfurling violence already has an official stamp, and that, definitely comes with a price for all. No thanks to a mind unable to live above its weakness.