Ethel, says she’s not their father’s daughter
That's strange. I've known Ethel for a while now
and I've always thought she's the daughter of
late music legend Sunny Okosuns...but the
family is now saying she's not their father's
daughter.
Ethel Okosuns won the Miss Earth Nigeria
pageant in 2005 and is currently the project
director of Exquisite Face of Africa pageant. In
an interview with Vanguard just last month,
Ethel talked about growing up as Sunny
Okosuns' daughter and said she still missed her
dad...
But the Okosuns family in a statement
exclusively made available to Vanguard and
signed by the singer’s son, Sidney Ehimare
Okosuns disowned Ethel. The wrote:
"We wish to state categorically that Ms. Ethel
is not our sibling. She is not the daughter of
our father. Our father had four children:
Sidney Okosuns, Michael Okosuns, Adesuwa
Okosuns and Ebony Okosuns.
This is not the first time Ms. Ethel has … used
our late father’s image and likeness as “name
dropping” to achieve whatever affluence she
seeks. She needs to stop identifying herself
as the daughter of the Ozziddi great
musician.
Years ago, Ms. Ethel as a teenager wondered
into our Yaya Abatan home. Our parents ran a
liberal attitude home, welcoming visitors and
strangers to our sprawling Ogba Estate. Thus,
our home was always busy with people from all
walks of life.
Ms. Ethel walked into our home, pleaded with
my dad that she wanted to sing and had no
other place to live in Lagos. My parents welcome
her to our compound, offered her unconditional
food, shelter and love. She never left for several
years. The generosity and kindness of providing
her food and shelter does not give her
automatic birth right to the Okosuns.”
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