Popular Nigeria Blogger Gistlover has resurfaced a FESTAC-era story that has reignited discussions about the early romance between legendary singer Innocent “2Baba” Idibia and his wife, Annie Macaulay-Idibia amid their divorce controversies.
According to Gistlover, 2Baba, who was then a rising star and part of the famous Plantashun Boiz trio, had a reputation for attracting female admirers. At the time, 2baba was in a high-profile relationship with beauty queen Vien Tetsola, whom he had been with through thick and thin.
However, everything changed when 15-year-old Annie Macaulay walked into Ezra Studio and met the then-24-year-old musician (2baba).
Their instant connection reportedly led to the eventual end of his relationship with Vien. While 2Baba’s love life continued to make headlines over the years, Annie’s place in his story became undeniable.
This revelation has sparked conversations among fans, with many revisiting the dynamics of celebrity relationships from the FESTAC days.
Gistloverblog.mediaoutlet posted: “Hello Tueh Tueh, how una dey GLB NATION, I am not supposed to go down memory lane back from FESTAC days but I need to because of some people who do not really know the story but want to follow bandwagon just to trend on social media , I will be as brief as I can, I go run summarize the beginning so I can move to how the problem began, how Toke Makinwa house, Tiwa Savage house, Ay house and Tuface house used to take turns in doing their drugs, they were all neighbours, for record purposes I will summarize it just so the Gen’zs among us abi new comers will catch up.
Story story, back in the years, there live a young handsome ambitious idoma guy, him name na Innocent Idibia, he was a hot boy and an upcoming music artist those days, he was part of a popular music crew named plantashun boiz which consist of 2face, faze and blackface. Those years they were part of the trending upcoming star and 2 Face who happens to be the hottest among them was the envy of a lot of girls, ladies throws themselves at him and him being a good keeper , him dey catch them steady steady, the whole of FESTAC knows he was very randy then, he also has a thing for beauty queens back then, he has just got off a relationship with one beauty queen before going into a relationship with another beauty queen by the name Vien Tetsola, they were so in love and it was not a hidden relationship at all, the news was everywhere UNTIL a 15yrs old charming teenager ran into innocent in a studio named EZRA studio,the rest they say is History…….
As at when 15yrs old Annie Macualey met 24yrs old Innocent Idibia, it was love at first sight, the 15yrs old fell for the superstar immediately, being the next big thing then, their relationship sprang like a flower being watered daily, the beauty queen was in the picture as at that time, but one thing led to another and she call it quit with innocent , according to her, she nurtured innocent , stood by him when he had a fatal accident, sacrificed a lot of things for him only for a 15yrs old girl to catch the attention of Innocent. Annie was always visiting i follow”.
This revelation has sparked conversations among fans, with many revisiting the dynamics of celebrity relationships from the FESTAC days.
Stay tuned for more stories regarding 2baba, Annie, Pero, and how the divorce stories unfold.