I was banned from church because I got pregnanct - Waje recounts ordeal

Popular Nigerian singer, Waje has recounted the circumstances that led to her ban from church as a chorister.

In an Instagram Live video, Waje said she got pregnant at that early age and that provoked her parents and pastor. She further stated that sex was the only way she could express her love for the father of her daughter.

The singer, known for her vocal dexterity said: “I had a relationship in SS3 and the relationship went from ‘puppy love’ to sexual. I felt I loved him and that (sex) was the only way I could express my love.

“I got pregnant and one afternoon, my pastor came to the house to see me. I knew that day, there were two things that would happen ? either I died or I died. Everything inside me got drained.

“The Pastor was in a conference room with other pastors and he said to me, ‘If you lie, you will die, because you are standing in front of God, Holy Spirit and me.’

“He asked me, ‘Are you pregnant?’ and I said, ‘Yes’. He was so disappointed and told me to be in church every Wednesday and Sunday but I would no longer sing in the choir.”

The award-winning singer further revealed that her mother did not find out about her pregnancy until she was five months gone, adding that she wrote WAEC with it and no one noticed, Daily Ppst reports.

“I wrote the WASSCE while pregnant and nobody knew, not even my mother. She got to know about my pregnancy after five months.

“I knew something in her broke that day after I told her because she didn’t go back to sleep,” Waje added.

Her daughter Emerald Iruobe is now 21-years-old.