Nigerian gospel singer Tope Alabi has opened up about the series of failed relationships she experienced before getting married.
The 54-year-old singer shared her story in a video on Instagram, where she revealed how several suitors suddenly withdrew their interest after showing intentions of marriage.
According to her, the unusual pattern began when she reached adulthood and it was time to introduce potential partners to her parents.
Each time, the men would express interest, claim they needed to pray about the relationship, and then stop contacting her afterward.
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Alabi said some of the rejections were connected to spiritual consultations, as she once learned that a suitor was advised by prophets not to go ahead with their relationship.
She recounted that about four men left her in similar ways, describing the experience as confusing and painful.
The gospel singer explained that she later met another man through her boss, who promised marriage.
However, before the introduction could happen, her father had already given her hand in marriage to another suitor.
She said: “When I became an adult and it was getting to a stage that I need to take men to meet my parents, something strange always come up. The men will just tell me they need to go pray about it and afterward they will no longer reach out to me.
“One of our intermediaries at a time told me that one of the men have gone to meet prophets who told him I was not okay to be married to.
“Would you tell me to stop appreciating God whenever I remember that? How did I now do it that I eventually got married? I can count like four men that stylishly left me.
“Eventually, I met a man. I met the man through my boss at my workplace. The man promised to marry me. And I told him that is how all men do. I told him to go and ask about the relationship.”
“After he told my parents he was going to come for proper introduction.
“We stopped seeing. Although we did not later need him to come for the introduction again because my father that was supposed to accept him had given out my hand in marriage before he travelled.”
Tope Alabi is now married to Soji Alabi, her music producer and manager, and they have three children together.
She was previously married to Lekan Olaoye, with whom she has a daughter named Ayomikun.
