Actress and producer Iyabo Ojo recently appeared on The Morayo Show, where she openly discussed aspects of her life she usually keeps private. She spoke about her trauma, her efforts in raising Priscilla, advocacy for single mothers, and why she intentionally decided to include Priscilla’s father at the wedding. For Iyabo, it wasn’t about forgiveness. It was about ensuring her daughter didn’t inherit the same harmful patterns she grew up with.
Why She Invited Her Ex-Husband
The moment that sparked the most debate was deeply personal: Iyabo chose to invite Priscilla’s father to her wedding, even after years apart and a complicated history.
Iyabo emphasised that her decision was solely about her daughter, not her own feelings. 
“I had to put aside how I felt and my differences with him, and clear the path for her,” she said. “I have paid the price for her to succeed and be happy in her marriage. Her father is not dead. He’s alive. Why shouldn’t he be there? He didn’t wrong her. It was between me and him. I chose to marry him.”
Her reasoning goes deeper than practical co-parenting. Iyabo discussed the concept of ancestral patterns; the belief, rooted in African cultural and Christian traditions, that certain cycles repeat across generations unless someone chooses to break them. Her own parents were not together, and she made regrettable decisions later in life. She didn’t want Priscilla’s marriage to carry that burden.
By including Priscilla’s father, she was making a statement not only to him and to the public but also to the cycle itself.
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Why She Was So Protective of Priscilla
Her protectiveness while raising Priscilla wasn’t random. She explained that her experience as a rape survivor shaped her parenting approach.
She didn’t specify the circumstances but was clear about its influence. Whenever Priscilla went out, she was always accompanied by a female staff member or helper. She was never left alone with males. Iyabo built a perimeter around her daughter’s childhood that came directly from what had been done to her; a mother whose hypervigilance was not anxiety, but knowledge.
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On Single Motherhood
Iyabo is a prominent advocate for single mothers in Nigeria, often calling herself the “President General” of single mothers, a title she wears with pride.
In the interview, she challenged the stigma surrounding single parenthood in Nigeria, which is the idea that a woman raising children alone has failed or that her children are at a disadvantage due to their household structure.
Her success speaks for itself: she raised two children, built a thriving Nollywood career, and watched her daughter enter marriage as a confident, grounded young woman. She credits none of this to having a husband present. Instead, she attributes her achievements to her daily commitment and the sometimes painful choices she made for her children’s future.
“Being a single mother,” she said, “isn’t a failure but a circumstance. What a woman does within that circumstance determines the outcome.”
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