Okomfour Kwadee and mother, Madam Cecilia Atootaga
Mother of musician Okomfour Kwadee, Madam Cecilia Atootaga, has strongly refuted claims suggesting that she is responsible for her son’s mental health struggles.
Speaking on UTV’s United Showbiz on Saturday night, she indicated that the rumours were fueled by one Hammer Nti, who had been taking care of Kwadee.
According to her, she had always preferred her son to be under the care of fellow musician, Lord Kenya, who had endured a similar mental health crisis but was able to recover successfully.
The mother explained that Lord Kenya assured her that her son would be okay with the right help. However, when she proposed Lord Kenya as a potential caregiver, Hammer Nti reportedly reacted negatively, prompting her to step back and allow him to continue managing her son’s care.
“I told Hammer that I wanted Lord Kenya to handle my son, but he got angry, so I rescinded my decision and allowed him to take charge,” she explained.
Madam Atootaga emphasized that she had never been opposed to people helping her son. Her priority, she said, was always Kwadee’s well-being and recovery.
“I could never do that, and this false narrative should not be allowed to persist. If we had entrusted him to Lord Kenya and my son had regained his sanity and become like him, it would have been a great thing. But because of his interests, Hammer did not want that. They always say that his mother is behind his problems, but that is not true. I would never do that to my son,” she said emphatically.