My Dad Didn’t Abandon Me In The Beginning — Hilda Baci

Adoga Stephen By Adoga Stephen - Editor-In-Chief
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Nigerian famous chef, Hilda Bassey, popularly known as Hilda Baci, has revealed how she was rejected by her biological father, Effiong Bassey Edem.

This was revealed by the Guinness World Record holder during her most recent conversation with Taymesan on the ‘Tea with Tay’ show.

While discussing her relationship with her father, she stated that he had been active in their lives since they were children, but things changed when a major disagreement between him and her mother had an effect on the children.

Hilda said: “For me, I will say one of the biggest issues was when he abandoned me. He didn’t abandon me from on set. He was present for us to some extent.

“But when it dawned on me, was when my dad and mom had issues, and I was in 300 level second semester in University.

“I pretty much remember my conversation with my father on one matriculation day. I called him, I was like, you didn’t bring food for me and his response was like, ‘Who’s your dad?’.

“It later dawned on me years after that he was not actually joking.”

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