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COBHAMS ASUQUO’S MUM WINS SUPERMOM REALITY SHOW

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Cobhams Asuquo’s mum

Gladys Asuquo; the mother of
talented singer, voice-over artiste and producer, Cobhams Asuquo, has emerged
winner of the third edition of the Supermom reality show.
The ex-clerical officer in the
Nigerian army edged out finalists Mrs Taibat Omobonike (Fuji artiste, Obesere’s
mother) and (rapper, Skales’ mother) to win the grand prize of an all-expense
paid trip to Dubai and N2m cash which she is expected to donate to a charity
organization of her choice.
The first and second runners-up
are also expected to be on the all-expense paid trip to Dubai while also getting N1m and N500, 000 cash respectively
which would also be donated to a charity of their choice. Other runners up are
Julius Agwu and Tony Tetuila’s mothers, who would get an appreciable cash prize
too, the organisers, Digital Interactive Media, have announced.

Mrs Asuquo was introduced into
the reality show in the 11th episode and it narrated how a blind kid
turned his disability to a success story. Born like other normal children,
Cobhams seemed perfectly normal until about three months after his birth when
she began to notice his awkwardness.
She took him to the University
Teaching Hospital in Ibadan from where they were referred to a hospital in Kano. There, her worst fears were confirmed; her son had been
blind from the womb and nothing could be done to restore his sight. “It wasn’t
easy watching Cobhams do chores around the house and run errands like my other
children but I resolved to make him as independent and capable of achieving anything
he sets hismind to do. I showed him where his box of clothes was and would
ask him to go get his clothes after bathing him,” Mrs Asuquo says. These
trainings came in handy when he had to move into the boarding school for his
secondary education. As he grew up, his predilection for music started coming
to the fore.
She recalls, “He would beat on
anything he could lay his hands on so I encouraged him by buying him musical
toys. Cobhams never went to school to learn to play any music instrument;
I think it was just an escape route for him.”
Since it began airing on May
26th, viewers had keenly followed the sacrifices of 20 Nigerian celebrities
namely Cobhams, Skales, Obesere, Foluke Daramola, Flavour Nabania, Mr. Olu of
the Yahooze fame, Ice K, one half of the enduring duo, Artquake, Kennis Music
act, Jaywon, Tony Tetuila and acclaimed female drummer, Ara. Other celebrities
were On-Air-personality and consummate theatre artist, Yaw; actors, Femi
Adebayo, Binta Ayo Mogaji, Kunle Afolayan; and comedians, Seyi Law and Julius
Agwu. Like contemporary gospel artiste, Kenny Saint Best and bulky DJ Humility,
the Nollywood producer popularly known as Mr. Prolific, also shared the story
of his mother’s sacrifices while nurturing him to adulthood.
The 13-week show, which aired on
the AIT network and primetime belts of many terrestrial television stations,
came to an exciting end last weekend. While it lasted, the Supermom Celebrity
Show emerged one of the most exciting and engaging experiences in the history
of reality television shows in Nigeria.
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