Nigerian singer, Teniola Apata, also known as Teni Makanaki, has narrated how she witnessed her father being assassinated at the age of two.
According to the singer, it was challenging growing up without a father figure.
Teni, the Billionaire crooner said her father’s death, Brig. Gen. Simeon Apata (retd.), made her to have trust issues.
In an interview with media personality Taymesan,Teni, who is currently on the journey of weigh loss said,”Growing up with my father passing at such a young age,the trauma of losing my father at a young age affected me.
‘You know,him being assassinated in the presence of all of us and all that stuff. I was 2 at the time.
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“Him passing away robbed me of a father figure. It sort of made me have trust issues growing up. Because they [gunmen] came into our house purposely to kill him.”
The late Brig. Gen. Apata (retd.), was assassinated on January 8,1995.
